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Book makers : British publishing in the twentieth century / Iain Stevenson.

Title
Book makers : British publishing in the twentieth century / Iain Stevenson.
Author
Stevenson, Iain, Ph. D.
Publication
London : British Library, 2010.

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Description
xviii, 314 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Authors and publishers > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Gro€britannien
  • Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Publishers and publishing > Great Britain > History > 20th century
  • Verlag
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-304) and index.
Contents
The Magna Carta of the book trade : the beginning of modern publishing -- Books by the million : publishing and the First World War -- Books fit for heroes : reconstruction and renewal in British book publishing between the Armistice and the Great Depression -- The penguins are coming! : British publishing in the 1930's -- Winning on the book front : British book publishing in the Second World War and its aftermath -- A tonic for the nation : British publishing in the 1950's -- From the end of the Chatterley ban to the Beatles' last LP : British publishing in the 1960s -- No more gentlemen : British book publishing in the 1970's -- The end of the affair : British publishing deregulated, 1980-95.
ISBN
  • 9780712309615
  • 0712309616
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries