The History of Oxford University Press, Volume III

1896-1970
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-19-956840-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 908 Seiten, Format (B × H): 179 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 1764 g

The story of Oxford University Press spans five centuries of printing and publishing. Beginning with the first presses set up in Oxford in the fifteenth century and the later establishment of a university printing house, it leads through the publication of bibles, scholarly works, and the Oxford English Dictionary, to a twentieth-century expansion that created the largest university press in the world, playing a part in research, education, and language learning in more than 50 countries. With access to extensive archives, The History of OUP traces the impact of long-term changes in printing technology and the business of publishing. It also considers the effects of wider trends in education, reading, and scholarship, in international trade and the spreading influence of the English language, and in cultural and social history - both in Oxford and through its presence around the world.

The twentieth century brought new horizons to Oxford University Press as offices were opened in the USA (in 1896), Canada, Australia, India, Pakistan, East Asia, and Africa. Wm Roger Louis and 22 expert contributors explore the growth of OUP's publishing, not only in works of scholarship and religion, but also in dictionaries, reference works, and literature for general readers, and in publishing for education and English language teaching. They trace OUP's relationship with the University and city of Oxford, and its place in London and the international book trade. The volume also considers the technological revolution that led to the decline of the printing business in Oxford, and the new challenges of managing a much larger organization that were identified by the influential Waldock Report of 1970.

Zielgruppe

Those interested in publishing history, company histories, book history, cultural and industrial history, and the, history of Oxford particularly. It will appeal to academics working and teaching in these subjects, and also to authors, academics, and readers connected with Oxford or OUP.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Louis, Wm. Roger

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Verlagswesen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Unternehmensgeschichte, Einzelne Branchen und Unternehmer
• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Industrialisierung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction: The Evolution of the Press over Three-Quarters of a Century

- 1: Wm. Roger Louis: Reassessing the History of Oxford University Press, 1896-1970

- Part I: The Press in Oxford and London, and Relations with the University

- 2: William Whyte: Oxford University Press, 1896-1945

- 3: C. S. Nicholls: Oxford University Press, 1945-1970

- 4: Amy Flanders: The Press in London, 1896-1970

- 5: Daniel Raff: The Business of the Press

- Part II: Printing, Paper, Machines, and Buildings

- 6: Martin Maw: The Printer and the Printing House

- 7: Martin Maw: Wolvercote Mill

- 8: Martin Maw: Printing Technology, Binding, Readers, and Social Life

- 9: William Whyte: Architecture, Building Designs, and Jericho

- Part III: Publications

- 10: Alan Bell: Scholarly and Reference Publishing

- 11: Elizabeth Knowles: Eleven Case Studies in the OUP Publication Process

- 12: Christopher Stray: Classics

- 13: Robert Fraser: Educational Books

- 14: Ron Heapy: Children's Books

- 15: Terry Hardaker: The Cartographic Department

- 16: Simon Wright: Music Publishing

- 17: Simon Eliot: The Press and the British Book Trade

- 18: Jon Stallworthy: The Editors

- Part IV: Worldwide Expansion and Influence

- 19: Daniel Raff: New York

- 20: Thorin Tritter: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

- 21: Rimi B. Chatterjee and Padmini Ray Murray: India

- 22: Ali Raza: Pakistan

- 23: Atalanta Myerson: East Asia

- 24: Dawn D'Arcy Nell: Africa

- Part V: End of an Era

- 25: Wm. Roger Louis: The Waldock Inquiry, 1967-1970

- 26: Philip Waller: Scholarly Publishing in the 1960s

- 27: David McKitterick: Looking Further

- Appendices

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Wm. Roger Louis (D.Litt., Oxford), CBE, FBA, is Kerr Professor at the University of Texas and Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. A Past President of the American Historical Association, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford History of the British Empire. His books include Ends of British Imperialism (2006).