Kumarian Press: Difference between revisions

| parent = Stylus[[Lynne PublishingRienner Publishers]]

| country = [[United States]]

| headquarters = [[SterlingBoulder, VirginiaColorado]], U.S.

| url = {{URL|http://www.kpbooksrienner.com}}

'''Kumarian Press''' is an independent [[academic publishing]] company established in 1977 in [[West Hartford, CT]] by Krishna Kumari Sondhi and Ian Mayo-Smith. The company was named after the founders (Sondhi's middle name and Mayo Smith's first name combined). The company began publishing titles on management for training programs in [[international development]], some of them written by the founders.<ref name="hartford94">{{cite news |url=httphttps://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/courant/access/114653708.html?dids=114653708:114653708&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Aug+07%2C+1994&author=Jocelyn+McClurg%3B+Courant+Columnist&pub=Hartford+Courant&desc=LOCAL+PUBLISHER+AIMS+TO+INFUSE+READERS+WITH+A+GLOBAL+PERSPECTIVE&pqatl=google |title=LOCAL PUBLISHER AIMS TO INFUSE READERS WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE |author=Jocelyn McClurg|date=August 7, 1994 |work=[[Hartford Courant]] |pages=G3|accessdate=}}</ref> International development remains the core of the publishing program but has expanded over the years to include books on [[human rights]], [[civil society]], [[peacebuilding]], [[governance]], [[gender studies]], [[microfinance]], and international health. It also distributes titles for [[Oxfam]] Great Britain,<ref>[http://www.developmentinpractice.org/books/ ''Development in Practice Readers'']</ref>, [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]],<ref> [http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr/index.asp ''World Disasters Reports'']</ref> and Thethe [[United Nations Development Fund for Women]].<ref>[http://www.unifem.org/resources/ UNIFEM resources]</ref>. Kumarian was sold in April 2008 to [[Stylus Publishing]] and is nowwas an imprint of Stylus, located in Sterling, VA.<ref name="urlKumarian Press - About Kumarian Press">{{cite web |url=http://www.styluspub.com/Info/aboutkp.aspx |title=Kumarian Press - About Kumarian Press |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-10-04}}</ref>

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