Appleton-Century-Crofts
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Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc. was a division of the Meredith Publishing Company. It is a result of the merger of Appleton-Century Company with F.S. Crofts Co. in 1948. Prior to that The Century Company had merged with D. Appleton & Company in 1933.
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Status | Defunct |
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Founded | 1948 |
Successor | Appleton & Lange (medical) Prentice Hall (textbooks) Hawthorn Books (trade) |
Country of origin | United States |
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The Century Company and its subsequent incarnations published the New Century Dictionary.
Eventually Meredith sold the majority of the company and the Appleton name to Prentice-Hall in 1973.[1] Part of the company became part of Hawthorn Books and New Win Publishing.