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Praeger's publishing output benefited from the rising college library budgets in the United States from the mid-20th century and in response he published numerous academic titles and book series in the fields of "international relations, Russian and German history, military science and art" that are
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During its existence
Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. published more than 2,000 titles and issued many "outstanding" book series including the Praeger Paperbacks, the Praeger University Series, the Praeger World of Art Paperbacks/Series, the Praeger Publications in Russian History & World Communism,
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Returning to the United States, he founded a book-export business. In 1950, using borrowed money, he set up a
Frederick A. Praeger Publishing, which would later be named Frederick A. Praeger, Inc. (later renamed Praeger Publishers) and a subsidiary firm, Inter Books, Inc.
319:, London, Phaidon Publishers, New York, and the Pall Mall Press, London. In the years 1968-1974 Praeger resided in Austria and worked with two Munich publishing firms: the Schuler Verlag and the Kunst Verlag Praeger.
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in 1975, which specialised in "scholarly scientific and technical books" printed in inexpensive typewritten formats and issued without dust wrappers. This firm was sold to SCS Communications in 1989 and now owned by
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Austria and with the Praeger family, as Jews, finding itself under increasing threats, he was briefly imprisoned and then migrated to the United States. His parents, who remained behind, were murdered in the
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Maximilien "Max" Mayer Präger, an Austrian publisher and newspaper editor, and Mariem Präger (née Foerster). He was an only child.
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Praeger worked in numerous jobs ("lens grinder, soda jerk, gas station attendant") before becoming an American citizen in 1941 and serving in the
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Praeger married three times; his third wife was Kellie
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publishing house" whose books would include "art books and books about the Cold War, international affairs, and the military". The firm later became an
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During the 1960s and 1970s he also served in editorial and managerial roles with various
British and American publishing firms, including
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American Reading Public: What It Reads, Why It Reads From Inside Education and Publishing: Views of Present Status, Future Trends
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His early publishing successes included several books by former
Communists who had become disillusioned with the cause, including
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181:. From 1935 to 1938, while pursuing his studies, he also worked in his father's publishing house, R. Loewit Verlag in Vienna.
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His profusely illustrated art books sought to match the offerings of other
American, British and European publishers such as
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in 2009, Praeger Publishing become a standalone imprint of ABC-Clio, and remained such when, in December 2021,
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Praeger Special Studies in International Economics: Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies (ISSS) Monograph Series
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The Liberal Conspiracy: The Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Struggle for Mind of Postwar Europe
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259:(1958), whose edition of 38,000 sold out, "an impressive achievement for an art book" and
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The following is a list of some of the principal series; it is not comprehensive.
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His seeking out and publishing the writings of Soviet bloc dissidents during the
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Frederick A. Praeger: Apostle of Anti-Communism Who Built Two Publishing Houses
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and in "various intelligence and editorial capacities" after the war's end.
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in bringing higher quality volumes to the shelves of the general public.
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Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933–1945
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brought "the realities of Communism to the Western reading public".
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the Praeger Special Studies Series, and the Praeger Film Library.
860:"Greenwood-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | DA Creative Director"
788:, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1995. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
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The Contemporary Soviet Union Series: Institutions and Policies
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Bench Mark Studies on Agricultural Development in Latin America
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Praeger Publications in Russian History & World Communism
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Praeger now turned to publishing art books, such as
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The Hansard Society Series in Parliament Government
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224:The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System
413:Chapters, forewords, etc. by Frederick A. Praeger
233:The Naked God: The Writer and the Communist Party
205:in Europe during the Second World War and in the
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827:"CBS Agrees to Sell Praeger Publishers Unit"
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431:"The International Dimension of Publishing"
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562:Princeton Studies Series in World Politics
427:, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1995.
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571:Studies In International Security Series
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242:One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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604:Transitions: Asian and Asian America
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484:The Contemporary Soviet Union Series
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568:Russian History and World Communism
556:Praeger World of Art Profile Series
443:"The Publisher as an Individualist"
207:U.S. military government in Germany
162:Frederick Amos Praeger was born in
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598:Latin American Perspectives Series
514:Nations of the Modern World Series
511:Mid-European Studies Center Series
505:Hutchinson's Nature Library Series
481:Concepts in Western Thought Series
227:(1957) by the Yugoslav dissident,
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912:Selecting Materials for Libraries
885:Milliot, Jim (16 December 2021).
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647:"Praeger, Frederick Amos" (entry)
535:Praeger Series on the Middle Ages
463:Ancient Peoples and Places Series
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277:In 1966 Praeger sold his firm to
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723:The Oxford Companion to the Book
684:Richard D. Lyons (5 June 1994).
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261:The Arts and Civilization of
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559:Praeger World of Art Series
517:The Nature of Human Society
472:Archaeological Guide Series
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580:Westview Press book series
395:1957: Carey-Thomas Award (
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767:"Praeger, Frederick Amos"
601:Political Cultures Series
547:Praeger University Series
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595:Language Library Series
538:Praeger Short Histories
1001:Records, 1909-2007 at
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778:Frederick A. Praeger,
466:Arab Background Series
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247:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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924:History of publishing
785:The Buchenwald Report
424:The Buchenwald Report
301:Bloomsbury Publishing
293:Greenwood Press, Inc.
158:Early life and career
152:Bloomsbury Publishing
740:Immigrant Publishers
526:Praeger Film Library
338:Taylor & Francis
175:University of Vienna
132:Frederick A. Praeger
119:Carey-Thomas Award (
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179:University of Paris
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