Lawrence and Wishart
| Founded | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | UK |
| Headquarters location | London |
| Publication types | Books, academic journals |
| Official website | www |
Lawrence & Wishart is a British publishing company formerly associated with the Communist Party of Great Britain. It was formed in 1936, through the merger of Martin Lawrence, the Communist Party's press, and Wishart Ltd, a family-owned liberal and anti-fascist publisher.
It publishes the journals New Formations, Anarchist Studies, Renewal, Twentieth Century Communism, Socialist History and Soundings.
Founded in 1936, Lawrence & Wishart initially became involved with the political and cultural life of the Popular Front, publishing literature, drama and poetry, as well as political economy, working-class history and the classics of Marxism.
Post-war, the company published work from the CPGB's History Group, including early work by Eric Hobsbawm. Later in the century Lawrence & Wishart began its project of commissioning translations of selected writings by Antonio Gramsci whose work on the relationship between politics and culture has ongoing significance for the company. The first volume dedicated to Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, was published in 1971, and re-published in 2005.
The mid-1980s saw the publication of works by writers who brought the insights of cultural studies to bear on more traditional political concerns with ideology, politics and power, a field of research that ultimately led to the range of journals that Lawrence and Wishart now publish.
Continuing to publish the journals New Formations, Anarchist Studies, Renewal, Twentieth Century Communism, and Soundings, Lawrence and Wishart are also developing their work with online books. Recent online publications have included Regeneration, on generational politics, and the Soundings collection The Neoliberal Crisis. The company has also published books with a number of partners, including Compass, the International Brigade Memorial Trust, the Marx Memorial Library, the Socialist History Society,UNISON and Unite the Union.
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