Table of Contents

Introduction: The Evolution of the Press over Three-Quarters of a Century
1: Wm. Roger Louis: Reassessing the History of Oxford University Press, 1896-1970
Part I: The Press in Oxford and London, and Relations with the University
2: William Whyte: Oxford University Press, 1896-1945
3: C. S. Nicholls: Oxford University Press, 1945-1970
4: Amy Flanders: The Press in London, 1896-1970
5: Daniel Raff: The Business of the Press
Part II: Printing, Paper, Machines, and Buildings
6: Martin Maw: The Printer and the Printing House
7: Martin Maw: Wolvercote Mill
8: Martin Maw: Printing Technology, Binding, Readers, and Social Life
9: William Whyte: Architecture, Building Designs, and Jericho
Part III: Publications
10: Alan Bell: Scholarly and Reference Publishing
11: Elizabeth Knowles: Eleven Case Studies in the OUP Publication Process
12: Christopher Stray: Classics
13: Robert Fraser: Educational Books
14: Ron Heapy: Children's Books
15: Terry Hardaker: The Cartographic Department
16: Simon Wright: Music Publishing
17: Simon Eliot: The Press and the British Book Trade
18: Jon Stallworthy: The Editors
Part IV: Worldwide Expansion and Influence
19: Daniel Raff: New York
20: Thorin Tritter: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
21: Rimi B. Chatterjee and Padmini Ray Murray: India
22: Ali Raza: Pakistan
23: Atalanta Myerson: East Asia
24: Dawn D'Arcy Nell: Africa
Part V: End of an Era
25: Wm. Roger Louis: The Waldock Inquiry, 1967-1970
26: Philip Waller: Scholarly Publishing in the 1960s
27: David McKitterick: Looking Further
Appendices
Index

About the Author

Wm. Roger Louis (D.Litt., Oxford), CBE, FBA, is Kerr Professor at the University of Texas and Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. A Past President of the American Historical Association, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford History of the British Empire. His books include Ends of British Imperialism (2006).