Frederick Praeger

Frederick Amos Praeger (16 September 1915 – 28 May 1994) was an Austrian-born American publisher. In 1950, he founded Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., a "major Manhattan publishing house" whose books would include "art books and books about the Cold War, international affairs, and the military". The firm later became an imprint of ABC-Clio, which became an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing in 2021.

Early life and career

Frederick Amos Praeger was born in Vienna, Austria, on 16 September 1915. His parents were Maximilien "Max" Mayer Präger, an Austrian publisher and newspaper editor, ) before becoming an American citizen in 1941 and serving in the U.S. Army in Europe during the Second World War the Praeger University Series, the Praeger World of Art Paperbacks/Series, the Praeger Publications in Russian History & World Communism, the Praeger Special Studies Series, and the Praeger Film Library.

In 1966 Praeger sold his firm to William B. Benton, an American senator and publisher and the chairman of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. which had shortened the name to Praeger Publishing before selling it to Greenwood Press, Inc. in 1986. Praeger Publishing become a standalone imprint of ABC-Clio, and remained such when, in December 2021, Bloomsbury Publishing bought ABC-Clio.

Editor During the 1960s and 1970s he also served in editorial and managerial roles with various British and American publishing firms, including Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, the Phaidon Press, London, Phaidon Publishers, New York, and the Pall Mall Press, London.

Personal life Praeger married three times; his third wife was Kellie Masterson. The Nature of Human Society The Pall Mall Series of Short Political Guides The Praeger Asia-Africa Series Praeger Film Library Praeger Paperbacks Praeger Publications in Russian History & World Communism Praeger Series on the Middle Ages Praeger Short Histories Praeger Special Studies in International Economics: Institute for Sino-Soviet Studies (ISSS) Monograph Series Praeger Special Studies in U. S. Economic and Social Development Praeger University Series Praeger World Affairs Special series Praeger World of Art Paperbacks Praeger World of Art Profile Series Praeger World of Art Series Princeton Studies Series in World Politics Publications of the Council on Foreign Relations Russian History and World Communism Studies In International Security Series Travellers and Explorers Series

Westview Press book series Below is a list of some of the main series; it is not comprehensive.