The Culture of the Publisher's Series, Volume 2

This volume explores problems concerning the series, national development and the national canon in a range of countries and their international book-trade relationships. Studies focus on issues such as the fabrication of a national canon, and on the book in war-time, the evolution of Catholic literature, imperial traditions and colonial libraries.

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction. Wondering about 'the Causes of Causes'. The Publisher's Series, its Cultural Work and Meanings PART II: The Series, the Academy, and the World; J. Spiers The American Publisher's Series Goes to War, 1942-1946, J. B. Hench The Spanish Collections of Herder Verlag: International Catholic Literature; A. C. Viro Adamantios Korais' The Greek Library (1805-1827): An Ingenious Publisher and The Making of a Nation; N. Yakovaki Fabricating a National Canon: The Role of Richard Bentley and George Robertson in Developing and Marketing the Australian Library; A. Rukavina Series for Women in 19th Century Netherlandsl; L. Kuitert Leonard Bast's Library: Aspiration, Emulation and the Imperial National Tradition; R. Fraser Negotiating the List: Launching Macmillan's Colonial Library and Author Contracts; S. Towheed Household Words: An Account of the 'Bengal Family Library'; A. Gupta Great Books by the Millions: J. M. Dent's 'Everyman Library'; T. I. Seymour 'The Green and the Gold': Publisher's Series in 19th-century Ireland; E. Tilley One Series After Another: The Macmillan Company of Canada; R. Panofsky Index