Harcourt Trade Publishers is a U.S. publishing firm, and one of the world's largest publishers of textbooks. As such, it has often been involved in debates about public school curriculum in such controversial areas as the dispute between advocates of evolutionary biology and creationism. Critics of different stripes have accused it both of pushing liberalism and political correctness in an effort to win the lucrative California market and conversely of being reactionary and anti-science in an effort to win the similarly-sized Texas market; these two states are considered to be crucial in textbook development because they constitute the two single largest U.S. markets for such books. Motto: E pluribus unum (1789 to 1956) (Latin: Out of Many, One) In God We Trust (1956 to present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at federal level; English de facto Government • President • Vice President Federal Republic George... This article is concerned with the production of books, magazines, and other literary material (whether in printed or electronic formats). ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The term public school has different (and in some cases contradictory) meanings due to regional differences. ... Evolutionary biology is a subfield of population biology concerned with the origin and descent of species, as well as their change over time, i. ... The Creation of Light by Gustave Doré. In Abrahamic religions, creationism is the belief that humans, life, the Earth, and the universe have a miraculous origin in a supreme being or deitys supernatural intervention. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major worldwide political ideology, its development, and its many modern-day variations. ... Political correctness is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to avoid offense. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq. ... Reactionary (or reactionist) is a political epithet typically applied to conservatism. ... Official language(s) See: Languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 695,622 km²  (268,581 sq. ...

Harcourt is also well known as the publisher of the "Harbrace Handbook" of English usage and as the one-time owner of the SeaWorld family of theme parks. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... For the unrelated theme park in Australia, see Sea World. ... Amusement park is the more generic term for a collection of rides and other entertainment attractions assembled for the purpose of entertaining a fairly large group of people. ...

Harcourt Trade Publishers got their start in 1919 as Harcourt Brace & Company. Sometime in the 1960s or 70s, the company became Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. William Jovanovich was president of the company in 1955. After he left in the late 1970s, others removed his name from the company, though many still refer to the company as "HBJ".

Harcourt has also gotten into publishing massmarket paperback books under the Pyramid Books, Jove Books, and HBJ names during the 1970s. Today it publishes a wide range of books under a variety of imprints, including Harvest Books, Gulliver Books, Silver Whistle, Red Wagon Books, Harcourt Young Classics, Green Light Readers, Voyager Books/Libros Viajeros, Harcourt Paperbacks, Odyssey Classics, and Magic Carpet Books.

External links

• Company website