The history of the book in the west. Vol. 5, 1914-2000 / edited by Alexis Weedon.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Issues of cultural impact -- The subtle inequalities of copyright / Philip G. Altbach -- Publishing worlds : sectors within the industry / Lewis A. Coser -- The cultural meaning of concentration in publishing / Elizabeth Long -- From art to corporation : Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, and the cultural effects of merger / Linda E. Connors, Sara Lynn Henry and Jonathan W. Reader -- The impact of television on the audience for national newspapers, 1945-68 / James Curran -- part II. Literary property -- Geneva volume Saint Petersburg : two concepts of literary property and the material lives of books in Under Western eyes / Shafquat Towheed -- Building a career : Joseph Conrad and Pinker / Mary Ann Gillies -- 'Trust me. I'm an agent.' The ever-changing balance between author, agent and publisher / Eric de Bellaigue -- Inventing F. David : author(ing) translation / Eva Hemmungs Wirtén -- part III. War, censorship and post-colonialism -- The impact of war : British publishers and French publications 1940-1944 / Valerie Holman -- Censors and their readers : selling, silencing, and reading Czech books / Jiřina Šmejkalová -- The politics of postcolonial publishing : Oxford University Press's Three Crown Series 1962-1976 / Caroline Davis -- Prizing otherness : a short history of the booker / Graham Huggan.

pt. IV. Marketing and reading -- Marx, Jane Eyre, Tarzan : miners' libraries in South Wales 1923-52 / Jonathan Rose -- Books and reading in the age of mass production : the Book of the Month Club / Janice Radway -- Maintaining highbrow standards : B.W. Huebsch opens the door to modern literature / Catherine Turner -- Crossovers / Claire Squires -- part V. Bookselling and design -- Designing the bookstore for the standardized consumer / Laura J. Miller -- Designing John Hersey's The wall : W.A. Dwiggins, George Salter, and the challenges of American holocaust memory / Robert Franciosi -- Packaging the world's best books / Jay Satterfield -- part VI. The digital book -- We are already beyond the book / George P. Landow -- Where is the value in publishing? The Internet and the publishing value chain / Angus Phillips.