Private company

Camden House Publishing

American publisher

Camden House, Inc. was founded in 1979 by professors James Hardin and Gunther Holst with the purpose of publishing scholarly books in the field of German literature, Austrian Literature, and German language culture. Camden House books were published in Columbia, South Carolina, until 1998. When the company became an imprint in that year, place of publication moved to Rochester, New York.2 It is part of Boydell & Brewer.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Camden House, Inc. was founded in 1979 by professors James Hardin and Gunther Holst with the purpose of publishing scholarly books in the field of German literature, Austrian Literature, and German language culture. Camden House books were published in Columbia, South Carolina, until 1998. When the company became an imprint in that year, place of publication moved to Rochester, New York.2

Corporate structure

Camden House Publishing is part of a group headed by Boydell & Brewer. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Boydell & Brewer Woodbridge
    • Camden House Publishing
    • Boydell Press Subsidiary · United Kingdom
    • D. S. Brewer Subsidiary · United Kingdom

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The series Studies in German Literature, Language, and Culture was established in that same year and continues to the present; over 350 books in this series have appeared as of 2011 The Camden House areas of interest expanded over the following years under the direction of James Hardin, emeritus professor at the University of South Carolina. German language literature in Austria and Switzerland were added to the purview of Camden House early in its history.

The new series Literary Criticism in Perspective was established in the following decade, and in time broadened to include American and British literature. The aim of this more specialized series was, and is, to elucidate the role of literary criticism over the years, to show how it is subject to varying vogues and philosophical or critical viewpoints, and how criticism itself is a mirror of changing taste and critical bias.

From Wikipedia’s article on Camden House Publishing, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

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