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Scarecrow Press
| Founded: |
1950 |
| Founded by: |
Ralph R. Shaw |
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History
Ralph Shaw founded a publishing company called the Scarecrow Press in 1950 in the basement of his Alexandria, Virginia home, "assisted only by his wife Viola".
Shaw wanted to establish a publishing company that would publish scholarly and academic work, unlikely to capture the attention from most companies that were more concerned with making money than the distribution of scholarly ideas. He started the Scarecrow Press with "author and editor Earl Schenk Miers".
The website for the company describes how the company name came out of this idea that this new company was not concerned with making money. "Shaw knew that costs would have to be kept in control because he envisioned publishing scholarly books that were intellectually important, yet economically marginal. As Shaw described a company that would avoid excessive office costs, excessive editorial costs, general trade advertising, and the building up a staff, Miers broke in, saying, "You're talking about a scarecrow: it has no overhead, it pays no rent, it is not responsible for anybody's future clothing and shelter. It's a scarecrow!"
Acquired by Rowman & Littlefield as an imprint in 1995.
Works in the WWEnd Database
Authors Published
• Sunand Joshi
• Gary Crawford
• William Touponce
• Robert Waugh
• Darrell Schweitzer
