Publishing company based in New York City from 1919 to 1982, doing business under various names incl. Harcourt, Brace & Howe (1919), Harcourt, Brace & Company (1921), Harcourt, Brace & World (c.1931), Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1970), Harcourt General (1991), Harcourt, Inc. (1999).