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.
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Science publishing. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Publishing -- history. |
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Science -- history. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Fredriksson, Einar H.
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IOS Press.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Century of science publishing. Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press, ©2001 1586031481 9781586031480 (DLC) 00112330 (OCoLC)48215287 |
ISBN |
9781607501015 |
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1607501015 |
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9781441601421 (electronic book) |
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1441601422 (electronic book) |
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9781597343992 (electronic book) |
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1597343994 (electronic book) |
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1281968447 |
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9781281968449 |
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1586031481 |
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9781586031480 |
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4274904245 (OHMSHA) |
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9784274904240 (OHMSHA) |
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