Basic Books
Parent companyHachette Books
Founded1950
FounderArthur Rosenthal[1]
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationNew York City
Official websitewww.basicbooks.com

Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1950 and located in New York City, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history.

History

Basic Books originated as a small Greenwich Village-based book club marketed to psychoanalysts. Arthur Rosenthal took over the book club in 1950, and under his ownership it soon began producing original books, mostly in the behavioral sciences. Early successes included Ernest Jones's The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud, as well as works by Claude Lévi-Strauss, Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson. Irving Kristol joined Basic Books in 1960, and helped Basic to expand into the social sciences. Harper & Row purchased the company in 1969.[2]

In 1997, HarperCollins announced that it would merge Basic Books into its trade publishing program, effectively closing the imprint and ending its publishing of serious academic books. That same year, Basic was purchased by the newly created Perseus Books Group.[3] Perseus's publishing business was acquired by Hachette Book Group in 2016.[4] In 2018, Seal Press became an imprint of Basic.[5]

Authors

Basic's list of authors includes:

References

  1. ^ Vitello, Paul (July 8, 2013). "Arthur Rosenthal, Academic Book Publisher, Dies at 93". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 15, 2018.
  2. ^ Basic Books: A History, 1950–2000 (New York: Basic Books, 2000).
  3. ^ Doreen Carvajal (August 22, 1997). "HarperCollins Selling Basic Books Unit to Venture Capital Firm". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Natasha Onwuemezi, "Perseus sale to Hachette Book Group completed", The Bookseller, 1 April 2016
  5. ^ "Hachette Book Group Reorganizes Lines, Announces About 25 Layoffs As DiPreta Departs". Publishers Lunch. November 13, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  6. ^ Alexander, Stephon (June 27, 2017). The Jazz of Physics. ISBN 9780465093571. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Baptist, Edward (June 27, 2017). The Half Has Never Been Told. ISBN 9780465049660. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  8. ^ Brands, H.W. (February 5, 2019). Dreams of El Dorado. ISBN 9781541672536. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  9. ^ Brzezinski, Zbigniew (June 28, 2017). "Books by Zbigniew Brzezinski". Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  10. ^ Chang, Iris (June 27, 2017). The Rape of Nanking. ISBN 9780465068364. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  11. ^ Coontz, Stephanie (June 28, 2017). "Books by Stephanie Coontz". Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  12. ^ Dawkins, Richard (June 27, 2017). River Out of Eden. ISBN 9780465069903. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  13. ^ Andrea, Dworkin (June 27, 2017). Intercourse. ISBN 9780465017522. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  14. ^ Dyson, Michael Eric (June 27, 2017). April 4, 1968. ISBN 9780465012862. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  15. ^ Ferguson, Niall (June 27, 2017). Empire. ISBN 9780465023295. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  16. ^ Feynman, Richard (September 2017). "The Featured Feynman". Basic Books. Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  17. ^ Florida, Richard (June 28, 2017). "Books by Richard Florida". Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  18. ^ Ford, Richard (June 27, 2017). Rise of the Robots. ISBN 9780465097531. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  19. ^ Gardner, Howard (June 27, 2017). Frames of Mind. ISBN 9780465024339. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  20. ^ Haidt, Jonathan (June 27, 2017). The Happiness Hypothesis. ISBN 9780465028023. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  21. ^ Hanson, Victor Davis (September 4, 2018). The Second World Wars. ISBN 9781541674103. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  22. ^ Herman, Judith (June 27, 2017). Trauma and Recovery. ISBN 9780465061716. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  23. ^ Hitchens, Christopher (June 27, 2017). Letters to a Young Contrarian. ISBN 9780465030330. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  24. ^ Hofstadter, Douglas (June 27, 2017). Godel, Escher, Bach. ISBN 9780465026562. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  25. ^ Kolakowski, Leszek (June 27, 2017). Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?. ISBN 9780465004997. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  26. ^ Kruse, Kevin (June 27, 2017). One Nation Under God. ISBN 9780465097418. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  27. ^ Lessig, Lawrence (June 27, 2017). Code. ISBN 9780465039142. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  28. ^ Nozick, Robert (June 27, 2017). Anarchy, State, and Utopia. ISBN 9780465051007. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  29. ^ Pinker, Steven (June 27, 2017). Words and Rules. ISBN 9780465072705. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  30. ^ Power, Samantha (June 27, 2017). "A Problem from Hell". ISBN 9780465061518. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  31. ^ Rogan, Eugene (June 28, 2017). "Books by Eugene Rogan". Basic Books. Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  32. ^ Smolin, Lee (June 27, 2017). Three Roads to Quantum Gravity. ISBN 9780465094547. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  33. ^ "Jason Sokol".
  34. ^ Snyder, Timothy. "Bloodlands". Basic Books. Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  35. ^ Sommers, Tamler (September 5, 2017). Why Honor Matters. ISBN 9780465098873. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  36. ^ Sowell, Thomas (June 28, 2017). "Books by Thomas Sowell". Basic Books. Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  37. ^ Stewart, Ian (June 28, 2017). "Books by Ian Stewart". Basic Books. Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  38. ^ Tatum, Beverly Daniel (June 27, 2017). Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?. ISBN 9780465060689. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  39. ^ Traub, James (September 24, 2019). What Was Liberalism? The Past, Present, And Promise of A Noble Idea. ISBN 9781541616851. Retrieved July 29, 2023. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  40. ^ Turkle, Sherry (June 27, 2017). Alone Together. ISBN 9780465093656. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  41. ^ Topol, Eric (June 27, 2017). "Books by Eric Topol". Basic Books. Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  42. ^ Walzer, Michael (June 27, 2017). Just and Unjust Wars. ISBN 9780465052714. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  43. ^ Warren, Elizabeth (June 27, 2017). The Two Income Trap. ISBN 9780465097708. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  44. ^ Weigel, George (June 28, 2017). "Books by George Weigel". Basic Books. Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  45. ^ Weinberg, Steven (June 27, 2017). The First Three Minutes. ISBN 9780465024377. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  46. ^ Wilczek, Frank (June 27, 2017). The Lightness of Being. ISBN 9780465018956. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  47. ^ Wilson, Bee (June 28, 2017). "Books by Bee Wilson". Basic Books. Basic Books. Retrieved November 6, 2019.
  48. ^ Wrangham, Richard (June 27, 2017). Catching Fire. ISBN 9780465020416. Retrieved November 6, 2019. ((cite book)): |website= ignored (help)
  49. ^ Yalom, Irvin D. (June 27, 2017). "Books by Irvin D. Yalom". Basic Books. Basic Book. Retrieved November 6, 2019.

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