The history of Oxford University Press

Author(s)

• Eliot, Simon
• Gadd, Ian Anders
• Louis, William Roger
• Robbins, Keith

Bibliographic Information

The history of Oxford University Press

general editor, Simon Eliot

Oxford University Press, 2013-

• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• v. 4

Note

Vol. 1. Beginnings to 1780 -- v. 2. 1780-1896 -- v. 3. 1896-1970 -- v. 4. 1970-2004

Editor: v. 1. Ian Gadd; v. 2. Simon Eliot; v. 3. Wm. Roger Louis; v. 4. Keith Robbins

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780199543151

Description

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. By the late eighteenth century, the University Press was both printer and publisher. This volume charts its rich and complicated history between 1780 and 1896, when transformations in the way books were printed led, in turn, to greater expertise in distributing and selling Oxford books. Simon Eliot and twelve expert contributors look at the relationship of the Press with the wider book trade, and with the University and city of Oxford. They also explore the growing range of books produced - including, above all, the creation and initial publication of the Oxford English Dictionary.

Table of Contents

• PART ONE: THE PRESS
• PART TWO: ITS BOOKS
• PART THREE: ITS MARKETS

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780199557318

Description

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. This first volume begins with the successive attempts to establish printing at Oxford from 1478 onwards. Ian Gadd and sixteen expert contributors chart the activities of individual university printers, the eventual establishment of a university printing house, its relationship with the University, and influential developments in printing under Archbishop Laud, John Fell, and William Blackstone. They explore the range of scholarly and religious works produced, together with the growing influence of the University Press on the city of Oxford, and its place in the book trade in general.

Table of Contents

• PART I: ESTABLISHING THE PRESS
• PART II: LEARNED AND BIBLE PUBLISHING 1585-1780
• PART III: THE PRESS IN ITS LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT 1584-1780

Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9780199568406

Description

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.

Table of Contents

• PART I: THE PRESS IN OXFORD AND LONDON, AND RELATIONS WITH THE UNIVERSITY
• PART II: PRINTING, PAPER, MACHINES, AND BUILDINGS
• PART III: PUBLICATIONS
• PART IV: WORLDWIDE EXPANSION AND INFLUENCE
• PART V: END OF AN ERA

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• NCID: BB14435217
• ISBN:
  • 9780199557318
  • 9780199543151
  • 9780199568406
  • 9780199574797
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: v.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 070.50942574
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Oxford University Press -- History
  • LCSH : Publishers and publishing -- England -- Oxford -- History