The Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World

The Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World argues that coffee-table books appeared and became popular in the post-war era at the convergence of three important developments: advances in full colour printing technology, social change, and publishing entrepreneurism and innovation. Examining the coffee-table book through a book history lens acknowledges their significant contribution to post-war visual culture and illustrated publishing. Focussing on post-war America, Great Britain, and Australia during the "golden age" era of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, this history of the coffee-table book takes an interdisciplinary approach to put the coffee-table book in context in regards to materiality, format, printing, status, and genre.

Chapter 1 Introduction. - Chapter 2 Coffee-table Books: Seriously? . - Chapter 3 What s in a Name? . - Chapter 4 A New Book-buying Market. - Chapter 5 More Than Meets the Eye. - Chapter 6 David Brower: An American Environmental Publisher. - Chapter 7 Paul Hamlyn: Britain s Publishing Mould Breaker. - Chapter 8 Lloyd O Neil: Australia in Colour. - Chapter 9 Conclusion.