Cirrus@Austlit

'Peter Lang GmbH was founded in 1971 by Peter Lang, whose family had been working in the bookselling and publishing business in Switzerland for a long time. He gained expertise in publishing in his father's business, Herbert Lang & Cie., which began in the 1920s. 1977 marks the foundation of Peter Lang AG in Bern, which since then has acted as the servicing centre for the group. In 1982 the group extended its activities to the United States and founded Peter Lang Publishing Inc. in New York and in 1999 the Belgian publishing firm PIE-Peter Lang SA became part of the group.' http://www.peterlang.com/all/index.cfm?vDom=3&vRub=3020&vID=331 Sighted 6/12/04)