{"product_id":"harvard-university-press-a-history-paperback","title":"Harvard University Press: A History - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA university press is a curious institution, dedicated to the dissemination of learning yet apart from the academic structure; a publishing firm that is in business, but not to make money; an arm of the university that is frequently misunderstood and occasionally attacked by faculty and administration. Max Hall here chronicles the early stages and first sixty years of Harvard University Press in a rich and entertaining book that is at once Harvard history, publishing history, printing history, business history, and intellectual history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tale begins in 1638 when the first printing press arrived in British North America. It became the property of Harvard College and remained so for nearly half a century. Hall sketches the various forerunners of the \"real\" Harvard University Press, founded in 1913, and then follows the ups and downs of its first six decades, during which the Press published steadily if not always serenely a total of 4,500 books. He describes the directors and others who left their stamp on the Press or guided its fortunes during these years. And he gives the stories behind such enduring works as Lovejoy's \u003ci\u003eGreat Chain of Being\u003c\/i\u003e, Giedion's \u003ci\u003eSpace, Time and Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e, Langer's \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy in a New Key\u003c\/i\u003e, and Kelly's \u003ci\u003eEleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book tells the story of Harvard University Press, including its ancestry, founding, and evolution, its vividly contrasting leaders, its successes, failures, and troubles, all in the context of the university of which it is a department.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 9.21 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 15, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782346277152,"sku":"9780674380813","price":40.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2e4d06b87e5a2b2cdee160d4445e9dcf.webp?v=1780568558","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/harvard-university-press-a-history-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}