D. C. Heath and Company
Encyclopedia
D.C. Heath and Company was an American publishing company located at 125 Spring Street in Lexington, Massachusetts
, specializing in textbooks.
in 1885. D.C. Heath and Company was owned by Raytheon
from 1966 to 1995. When Raytheon exited the textbook market, it sold the company to Houghton Mifflin.
Lexington, Massachusetts
Lexington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,399 at the 2010 census. This town is famous for being the site of the first shot of the American Revolution, in the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.- History :...
, specializing in textbooks.
History
The company was founded in Boston by Daniel Collamore HeathDaniel Collamore Heath
Daniel Collamore Heath was the founder of D. C. Heath and Company, part of Houghton Mifflin.Daniel C. Heath was born in Franklin County, Maine in 1843. He studied at Nichols Latin School and Bates College before graduating from Amherst College in 1868...
in 1885. D.C. Heath and Company was owned by Raytheon
Raytheon
Raytheon Company is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. It was previously involved in corporate and special-mission aircraft until early 2007...
from 1966 to 1995. When Raytheon exited the textbook market, it sold the company to Houghton Mifflin.
Publications
- Heath middle level literature (1996?) ISBN 0-669-42948-1
- Heath Physics (1992) ISBN 0-669-25793-1
- Fundamentals of Personal Rapid Transit (1978)
- Discovering French Bleu: Complete Lesson Plans
- The Enduring Vision: A History of the American People Third Edition (1996)
- Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo (1933)
- The Renaissance Medieval or Modern?
- MC68000: Assembly Language and Systems Programming (1988) ISBN 0-669-16085-7
- Victor Hugo's Les Misérables: French Edition
- Elizabeth Rice Allgeier, Albert Richard Allgeier, Sexual Interactions, 1991
- A Short German Grammar for High Schools and Colleges.(The book cover just says "German Grammar" for the title) by E.S.Sheldon, tutor in German in Harvard University (1903), copyright 1879
- The Causes of the American Revolution (1950, 1962, 1973)
- Builders of the Old World, Written by Gertrude Hartman and Illustrated by Marjorie Quennell (1951)
- Composition and Rhetoric by William Williams copyright 1890 published 1893
- The Nazi Revolution: Germany's Guilt or Germany's Fate?
- Children and Their Helpers New American Readers For Catholic Schools by School Sisters of Notre Dame. (1938)
- Donald Duck Sees South America (1945) H. Marion Palmer, Walt Disney
- Old Time Stories of the Old North State by L.A.McCorkle (1903)
- Hamlet The Arden Shakespeare, edited by E. K. Chambers, B.A (1908)
- Discussions of Literature series, general editor Joseph H. Summers