The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 4 : : Professionalism and Diversity 1880–2000 / / David Finkelstein, Alistair McCleery.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Finkelstein, David,; McCleery, Alistair,
• MitwirkendeR: Addison, Rosemary,; Atkinson, Damian,; Burgess, Moira,; Butt, Richard,; Cockburn, Ken,; Cox, Richard A. V.,; Crawford, John,; Dryden, Linda,; Dury, Richard,; Ebel, Suzanne,; Finkelstein, David,; Fleming, Linda,; Glen, Duncan,; Macdonald, Kate,; McAleer, Joseph,; McCleery, Alistair,; McCulloch, Margery Palmer,; Nash, Andrew,; Normand, Tom,; Pedersen, Sarah,; Potter, Jane,; Reynolds, Siân,; Sefton, Henry R.,; Squires, Claire,; Stevenson, Iain,; Varga, Zsuzsanna,; Ward, Simon,; Williams, Helen,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: The Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland : EHBS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (544 p.) :; 49 B/W illustrations

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...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• CONTENTS
• FIGURES
• TABLES
• ABBREVIATIONS
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• CHRONOLOGY
• INTRODUCTION
• Section 1 THE PUBLISHING INFRASTRUCTURE: 1880–1980
• Overview
• The Competitors
• The Professionalisation 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
• Overview
• The Material Book
• Typography
• Design and Illustration
• The Book and Photography
• Section 3 PUBLISHING POLICIES: THE LITERARY CULTURE
• Overview
• The Changing Face of the Publishing House: 1880–1980
• Literary Publishing: 1880–1914
• Literary Publishing: 1914–45
• Literary Publishing: 1945–2000
• The Gaelic Book
• Section 4 PUBLISHING POLICIES: THE DIVERSITY OF PRINT
• Overview
• 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
• Overview
• Authors in the Literary Marketplace
• The Economics of Authorship
• Readers and Reading
• Section 6 THE FUTURE OF THE BOOK IN SCOTLAND
• Trends and Prospects from 2000
• CONTRIBUTORS
• BIBLIOGRAPHY
• INDEX