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W. W. Norton & Company has been independent since its
founding in 1923, when William Warder Norton and Margaret
D. Norton first published lectures delivered at the People's
Institute, the adult education division of New York City's
Cooper Union. The Nortons soon expanded their program beyond
the Institute, publishing books by celebrated academics from
America and abroad. By mid-century, the two major pillars
of Norton's publishing program-trade books and college texts-were
firmly established. In the 1950s, the Norton family transferred
control of the company to its employees, and today-with a
staff of 400 and a comparable number of trade, college, and
professional titles published each year-W. W. Norton & Company
stands as the largest and oldest publishing house owned wholly
by its employees.
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