This book analyzes the dynamic growth of the U.S. scholarly publishing industry in the United States during 1939-1946, a critical period in the business history of scholarly publications in STM and the humanities and the social sciences. It explains how the key publishing players positioned...

From the late 1930s until December 7, 1941, isolationism and an antipathy toward war in Europe were strong political currents in the US. However, once the US entered World War II, the entire apparatus of the US government was mobilized to “market” the war to Americans who were incredulous...

Chapter 1: Introduction to History and Development of Scientific, Technical, and Medical [STM]Journals -- Chapter 2: The State of the Scholarly Journal Publishing Industry in 2000 -- Chapter 3: The Impact of Disruption: 2001-2012 -- Chapter 4: The Impact of Legal, Intellectual Property, and...

Scribble, scribble, toil and trouble : forced productivity in the modern university / William W. Savage, Jr. -- Conflicting agendas for scholars, publishers, and institutions / Cass T. Miller and Julianna C. Harris -- Scholarship and silence / Lindsay Waters -- The futures of scholarly...

Is publishing a cultural or commercial endeavor? Drawing on extensive data sets and applying the theoretical tools of both sociology and economics, The Culture and Commerce of Publishing in the 21st Century is the definitive social and economic analysis of the current state and future trends of...