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A social history of the university presses in apartheid South Africa between complicity and resistance /

In A History of the University Presses in Apartheid South Africa , Elizabeth le Roux examines scholarly publishing history, academic freedom and knowledge production during the apartheid era. Using archival materials, comprehensive bibliographies, and political sociology theory, this work analyses t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Le Roux, E. (Elizabeth) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : Brill, 2015.
Series:Library of the written word ; 43.
Library of the written word. Industrial world ; v. 4.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Origins of South Africa's university presses
  • Between survival and scholarship : publishing lists and the continuum model
  • Authors and gatekeeping
  • Readership and distribution
  • Business practices and the economics of publishing
  • Into the post-apartheid period.