- Appleton-Century-Crofts
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Appleton-Century-Crofts Status Defunct Founded 1948 Successor Prentice Hall Country of origin United States
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.The Century Company, and its subsequent incarnations published the New Century Dictionary.
Eventually, part of the company became integrated into Academic Learning Company, LLC; the remainder became part of Prentice-Hall in 1973.
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References
New Century Dictionary. (1963). ii. New York:Appleton-Century-Crofts, Inc.
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