The fifth volume of A History of the Book in America addresses the
economic, social, and cultural shifts affecting print culture from
World War II to the present. During this period factors such as the
expansion of government, the growth of higher education, the
climate of the Cold War, globalization, and the development of
multimedia and digital technologies influenced the patterns of
consolidation and diversification established earlier. The
thirty-three contributors to the volume explore the evolution of
the publishing industry and the business of bookselling. The
histories of government publishing, law and policy, the periodical
press, literary criticism, and reading--in settings such as
schools, libraries, book clubs, self-help programs, and collectors'
societies--receive imaginative scrutiny as well. The Enduring Book
demonstrates that the corporate consolidations of the last
half-century have left space for the independent publisher, that
multiplicity continues to define American print culture, and that
even in the digital age, the book endures. Contributors: David
Abrahamson, Northwestern University James L. Baughman, University
of Wisconsin-Madison Kenneth Cmiel (d. 2006) James Danky,
University of Wisconsin-Madison Robert DeMaria Jr., Vassar College
Donald A. Downs, University of Wisconsin-Madison Robert W. Frase
(d. 2003) Paul C. Gutjahr, Indiana University David D. Hall,
Harvard Divinity School John B. Hench, American Antiquarian Society
Patrick Henry, New York City College of Technology Dan Lacy (d.
2001) Marshall Leaffer, Indiana University Bruce Lewenstein,
Cornell University Elizabeth Long, Rice University Beth Luey,
Arizona State University Tom McCarthy, Beirut, Lebanon Laura J.
Miller, Brandeis University Priscilla Coit Murphy, Chapel Hill,
N.C. David Paul Nord, Indiana University Carol Polsgrove, Indiana
University David Reinking, Clemson University Jane Rhodes,
Macalester College John V. Richardson Jr., University of
California, Los Angeles Joan Shelley Rubin, University of Rochester
Michael Schudson, University of California, San Diego, and Columbia
University Linda Scott, University of Oxford Dan Simon, Seven
Stories Press Ilan Stavans, Amherst College Harvey M. Teres,
Syracuse University John B. Thompson, University of Cambridge Trysh
Travis, University of Florida Jonathan Zimmerman, New York
University
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