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The Edinburgh history of the book in Scotland. Volume 4, Professionalism and diversity, 1880-2000
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In this volume a range of distinguished contributors provide an original analysis of the book in Scotland during a period that has been until now greatly under-researched and little understood. The...
In this volume a range of distinguished contributors provide an original analysis of the book in Scotland during a period that has been until now greatly under-researched and little understood. The issues covered by this volume include the professionalisation of publishing, its scale, technological developments, the role of the state, including the library service, the institutional structure of the book in Scotland, industrial relations, union activity and organisation, women and the Scottish book, and the economics of publishing. Separate chapters cover Scottish publishing and literary cultu
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- Creator
- David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (545 pages) : illustrations
- ISBNs
- 9786612088094, 1282088092, 9780748628841, 0748618295, 9780748618293, 0748628843
- OCLC
- ocn729294278, ocn367692079
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction; Section 1: The Publishing Infrastructure: 1880-1980; The Competitors; The Professionalism of Publishing; Library Provision in Scotland; The Business of Publishing; Selling to the World; The Development of the Bookshop; Section 2: Production, Form and Image; The Material Book; Typography; Design and Illustration; The Book and Photography; Section 3: Publishing Policies: The Literary Culture; The Changing Face of the Publishing House: 1880-1980; Literary Publishing: 1880-1914; Literary Publishing: 1914-45Literary Publishing: 1945-2000; The Gaelic Book; Section 4: Publishing Policies: The Diversity of Print; Religious Publishing; Educational, Academic and Legal Publishing; Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishing; Reference Publishing; Children's Books; Magazines and Comics; Section 5: Authors and Readers; Authors in the Literary Marketplace; The Economics of Authorship; Readers and Reading; Section 6: The Future of the Book in Scotland; Contributors; Bibliography; Index