| Description |
1 online resource (545 pages) |
| Contents |
COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; Section 1: The Publishing Infrastructure: 1880-1980; Section 2: Production, Form and Image; Section 3: Publishing Policies: The Literary Culture; Section 4: Publishing Policies: The Diversity of Print; Section 5: Authors and Readers; Section 6: The Future of the Book in Scotland; Contributors; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Book industries and trade -- Scotland -- History
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Books -- Scotland -- History
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Publishers and publishing -- Scotland -- History
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Books and reading -- Scotland -- History
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Book industries and trade
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Books
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Books and reading
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Publishers and publishing
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Scotland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
McCleery, Alistair
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| ISBN |
9780748628841 |
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0748628843 |
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