Peter Lang (publishing company)

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Peter Lang is a major international academic publisher with its head office in Bern, Switzerland, and other offices in Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford and Vienna.^[1] It publishes predominantly in English, though also in German, French and occasionally other languages. Books are distributed directly from Switzerland and are not usually available in bookshops. Primary markets are university libraries of Europe and North America.^[2]

The press started as a publisher specialising in PhD theses and similar academic volumes, mainly in German. It has broadened its scope, shifted its language focus to English, and established itself as a well-respected press. It has one of the biggest lists of titles in print of any press in the world.^[3]

They also publish a number of scholarly journals, now distributed through Metapress ^[4]

Founded in 1982, Peter Lang Publishing/USA is the North American division of the Peter Lang Group. The company, headquartered in New York, specializes in the publication of monographs in the humanities and social sciences, as well as advanced textbooks in education and media/communication. The research monograph program includes languages and literatures; religion and theology; history; sociology; cultural studies; women’s studies; multicultural studies; linguistics; theater arts; political science; and philosophy.^[5]