Berkshire Publishing Group

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Berkshire Publishing Group LLC was founded in 1995 by editor and author Karen Christensen and anthropologist David Levinson as Berkshire Reference Works, an academic reference book producer, developing encyclopedias for Scribners, Routledge, Sage, Macmillan, H.W. Wilson, and ABC-CLIO. In 2000 the company was incorporated as Berkshire Publishing Group. It launched the Berkshire reference imprint in 2005 and in 2009 began publishing individual course titles as well as major encyclopedias. The company is owned by Karen Christensen and operates internationally from Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Berkshire offers print and online publications on world history, international relations, sports, community, religion and society, popular culture and environmental issues - all with a uniquely global perspective. Berkshire’s publications focus on global perspectives, as conveyed they explain, with a particular vision: while many reference publishers and free online sources focus on the who, what, when, and where structure for presenting a topic, Berkshire specializes in providing resources from expert contributors who probe for deeper context and analysis - creating resources that help to explain how and why.

Berkshire also claims to make special efforts in its reference titles to bring the work of acclaimed scholars to a wide general audience and to high school students.

The company publishes the Berkshire Encyclopedia of China,[1] the Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability,[2] and the Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History.,[3] as well as Patterns of Global Terrorism.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Berkshire Encyclopedia of China:". Berkshire Publishing Group. 
  2. ↑ "Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability". Berkshire Publishing Group. 
  3. ↑ "Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History". Berkshire Publishing Group. 
  4. ↑ "Patterns of Global Terrorism 1985-2005: U.S. Department of State Reports with Supplementary Documents and Statistics". Berkshire Publishing Group. 

External links

  • "Don’t Steal This Book" by Karen Christensen in Library Journal Reviews, June 29, 2012.
  • "An Interview with Berkshire Publishing," October 23, 2012.
  • Interview with Karen Christensen in Library Journal, "It’s The Content, Stupid!”: "[Berkshire's] catalog is growing slowly but steadily, covering hard-to-do subjects and targeting both a scholarly and a popular audience," October 2008.
  • Interview with Karen Christensen in Publishers Weekly, "Berkshire Publishing Goes to China," July 2008.
  • Interview with Karen Christensen and Steve Hibbard in Publishers Weekly, May 2004.
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