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'''Kumarian Press''' is an independent [[academic publishing]] company located in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Established in 1977 by Krishna Kumari Sondhi and Ian Mayo-Smith, and named by melding their names, 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=http://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/apc_be-v-n-x-q.html/ ''Development in Practice Readers'']</ref>, [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]]<ref> [http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr2005/index.asp/ ''World Disasters Reports'']</ref> and The [[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 now an imprint of Stylus.<ref name="urlKumarian Press - About Kumarian Press">{{cite web |url=http://www.kpbooks.com/info/aboutUs.aspx |title=Kumarian Press - About Kumarian Press |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-10-04}}</ref> |
'''Kumarian Press''' is an independent [[academic publishing]] company located in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Established in 1977 by Krishna Kumari Sondhi and Ian Mayo-Smith, and named by melding their names, 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=http://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/apc_be-v-n-x-q.html/ ''Development in Practice Readers'']</ref>, [[International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies]]<ref> [http://www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr2005/index.asp/ ''World Disasters Reports'']</ref> and The [[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 now an imprint of Stylus.<ref name="urlKumarian Press - About Kumarian Press">{{cite web |url=http://www.kpbooks.com/info/aboutUs.aspx |title=Kumarian Press - About Kumarian Press |format= |work= |accessdate=2008-10-04}}</ref> |
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Kumarian Press is an independent academic publishing company located in Bloomfield, Connecticut. Established in 1977 by Krishna Kumari Sondhi and Ian Mayo-Smith, and named by melding their names, the company began publishing titles on management for training programs in international development, some of them written by the founders.[1] 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[2], International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies[3] and The United Nations Development Fund for Women[4]. Kumarian was sold in April 2008 to Stylus Publishing and is now an imprint of Stylus.[5]