Markus Wiener Publishers Information

Markus Wiener Publishers is an independent publisher of academic and trade books and journals in the areas of World History, Latin American and Caribbean History, and Middle Eastern and African History and Culture. Its publications also include related topics in Music, Religion, Women's History, Jewish History, Western Civilization, and Slavery. Our authors include professors, journalists, diplomats, and freelance writers. Our program offers both timely monographs providing background information on events in the news and overviews of area studies. We have published translations from German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese; our titles have been translated into German, Dutch, Spanish, Turkish, and Arabic. Our books have been reviewed in national and international newspapers, journals, radio programs, and Internet media, and several have been honored by these media for excellence. Examples are Bitter Bonds: A Colonial Divorce Drama by Leonard Blussé (named one of the best books of the year by TLS and the Economist), The History of Puerto Rico by Fernando Pico, The Levant by William Harris, The History of African Cities South of the Sahara by Catherine Coquery-Vodrovitch, and The Heritage of Central Asia by Richard Frye. All were honored as Outstanding Academic Titles of the Year by Choice Magazine. ... Our books are available in general bookstores, college bookstores, museum stores, and over the Internet. Our distributor for Europe is Eurospan in London. We exhibit at major book fairs and conventions such as The Frankfurt Book Fair and the annual conventions for African Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Latin American Studies, and Caribbean Studies. ...