Established March 1960 by merger of Henry Holt, Rinehart & Company (Rinehart), and John C. Winston Co.
In 1985, Harcourt acquired the textbook division and HRW name. Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group acquired the remainder and soon re-fashioned the imprint "Henry Holt and Company" as a publisher.
Very well written text book! Easy to understand and very explanatory! I read this book daily a few pages at a time and I learned something new every single time I picked it up!! First text book I've ever read front to back after starting at random chapters at first when I was curious about a particular country or region..
I would expect that the author would probably claim that this book is politically neutral, but it is not. And I don't like the rightward bias found in it.