Friday, September 11, 2009

482:Which Companies History

_______ was established in 1807 when Charles _______ opened a print shop in Manhattan. The company was the publisher of such 19th century American literary figures as James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as of legal, religious, and other non-fiction titles. During the second industrial revolution, _______ shifted its focus to scientific, technical, and engineering subject areas, abandoning its literary interests. The company acquired its present name in 1876, when John’s second son William H. _______ joined his brother Charles in the business. Through the 20th century, the company expanded its publishing activities business, the sciences, and higher education. Since the establishment of the Nobel Prize in 1901, _______ and its acquired companies have published the works of more than 350 Nobel Laureates, in every category in which the prize is awarded

Ans:John Wiley & Sons