Rowman & Littlefield

E164056

academic publisher independent publisher publishing company

Rowman & Littlefield is an independent academic and professional publishing group known for its scholarly books, textbooks, and reference works across the humanities and social sciences.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Rowman & Littlefield canonical	2
Rowman & Littlefield Education	2
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers	2
Greenwood Press	1
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1406973 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rowman & Littlefield
Context triple: [Prometheus Books, acquiredBy, Rowman & Littlefield]

A. Carroll & Graf
Carroll & Graf was an American publishing imprint known for its eclectic catalog of literary fiction, crime novels, and nonfiction titles.
B. Signet Press
Signet Press is an influential Indian publishing house known for producing high-quality literary and historical works, including major titles of the independence era.
C. Riverside Press
Riverside Press was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American printing and publishing house based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its high-quality book production.
D. Westview Press
Westview Press is an academic publishing imprint known for producing scholarly and educational books, particularly in the social sciences and humanities.
E. Regnery Publishing
Regnery Publishing is a prominent American conservative book publisher known for releasing influential right-leaning political and historical works.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Rowman & Littlefield
Target entity description: Rowman & Littlefield is an independent academic and professional publishing group known for its scholarly books, textbooks, and reference works across the humanities and social sciences.

A. Carroll & Graf
Carroll & Graf was an American publishing imprint known for its eclectic catalog of literary fiction, crime novels, and nonfiction titles.
B. Signet Press
Signet Press is an influential Indian publishing house known for producing high-quality literary and historical works, including major titles of the independence era.
C. Riverside Press
Riverside Press was a prominent 19th- and early 20th-century American printing and publishing house based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, known for its high-quality book production.
D. Westview Press
Westview Press is an academic publishing imprint known for producing scholarly and educational books, particularly in the social sciences and humanities.
E. Regnery Publishing
Regnery Publishing is a prominent American conservative book publisher known for releasing influential right-leaning political and historical works.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic publisher ⓘ independent publisher ⓘ publishing company ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distributes	books for other publishers ⓘ
focusesOn	humanities ⓘ social sciences ⓘ
foundedAs	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ⓘ linked to: Rowman & Littlefield
hasImprint	AltaMira Press ⓘ Lexington Books ⓘ National Book Network ⓘ Rowman & Littlefield Education ⓘ linked to: Rowman & Littlefield Rowman & Littlefield Publishers ⓘ linked to: Rowman & Littlefield Scarecrow Press ⓘ Sheed & Ward ⓘ University Press of America ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Lanham, Maryland ⓘ
industry	book publishing ⓘ
knownFor	scholarly publishing in humanities and social sciences ⓘ
languageOfPublication	English ⓘ
market	academic ⓘ library ⓘ professional ⓘ
offers	e-books ⓘ print books ⓘ
operates	as an independent company ⓘ
parentCompanyOf	AltaMira Press ⓘ Lexington Books ⓘ National Book Network ⓘ Rowman & Littlefield Education ⓘ linked to: Rowman & Littlefield Scarecrow Press ⓘ Sheed & Ward ⓘ University Press of America ⓘ
publishes	professional books ⓘ reference works ⓘ scholarly books ⓘ textbooks ⓘ
subjectArea	cultural studies ⓘ education ⓘ history ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political science ⓘ religious studies ⓘ sociology ⓘ

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