A Social History of the University Presses in Apartheid South Africa: Between Complicity and Resistance

Author:   Elizabeth Le Roux
Publisher:   Brill
Volume:   43
ISBN:  

9789004293472


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 November 2015
Format:   Hardback
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A Social History of the University Presses in Apartheid South Africa: Between Complicity and Resistance


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Author:   Elizabeth Le Roux
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   43
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9789004293472


ISBN 10:   9004293477
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   18 November 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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List of Illustrations and Figures Acknowledgements Abbreviations Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Origins of South Africa's university presses Chapter 3: Between survival and scholarship: Publishing lists and the continuum model Chapter 4: Authors and gatekeeping Chapter 5: Readership and distribution Chapter 6: Business practices and the economics of publishing Chapter 7: Into the post-apartheid period Index

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Elizabeth le Roux, Ph.D. (2013), University of Pretoria, is a Senior Lecturer and the coordinator of Publishing Studies in the Department of Information Science at that university. Her research focus is the history of books and publishing in South Africa and Africa more broadly. She is co-editor of the journal Book History, and has published a variety of articles and book chapters. Before becoming a full-time academic, she worked in the scholarly publishing industry in South Africa for more than a decade, most recently as Director of Unisa Press.

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