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Title A century of science publishing : a collection of essays / edited by Einar H. Fredriksson.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, [2001]
©2001

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 312 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Title page; Contents; Foreword; Publishers and Publishing; The Birth of Scientific Publishing -- Descartes in the Netherlands; Academic Publications before 1940; The Growth and Decline of German Scientific Publishing 1850-1945; Ohmsha, its Birth and History; Science Press (Longman's Book Co., Ltd.); The Dutch Publishing Scene: Elsevier and North-Holland; Robert Maxwell: Forty-Four Years as Publisher; Learned Societies Adapt to New Publishing Realities -- A Review of the Role Played by U.S. Societies; German Post-WWII Developments and Changes in the Language of Science.
Summary Publishers of the science publishing scene comment on key developments throughout the 20th century. Some characteristic publishing enterprises, commercial and society owned, are described in a series of articles, followed by analysis of developments and possible changes to come.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Science publishing -- History -- 20th century.
Science publishing.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Publishing -- history.
Science -- history.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Fredriksson, Einar H.
IOS Press.
Other Form: Print version: Century of science publishing. Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, ©2001 1586031481 9781586031480 (DLC) 00112330 (OCoLC)48215287
ISBN 9781607501015
1607501015
9781441601421 (electronic book)
1441601422 (electronic book)
9781597343992 (electronic book)
1597343994 (electronic book)
1281968447
9781281968449
1586031481
9781586031480
4274904245 (OHMSHA)
9784274904240 (OHMSHA)