A skeptic among scholars : August Frugé on university publishing / August Frugé.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Frugé, August, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Frugé, August, 1909-2004.

Frugé, August.

University of California Press--History.

University of California Press.

University presses--California--Berkeley--History--20th century.

University presses.

Publishers and publishing--California--Berkeley--Biography.

Publishers and publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (378 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1993]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When August Frugé joined the University of California Press in 1944, it was part of the University's printing department, publishing a modest number of books a year, mainly monographs by UC faculty members. When he retired as director 32 years later, the Press had been transformed into one of the largest, most distinguished university presses in the country, publishing more than 150 books annually in fields ranging from ancient history to contemporary film criticism, by notable authors from all over the world. August Frugé's memoir provides an exciting intellectual and topical story of the building of this great press. Along the way, it recalls battles for independence from the University administration, the Press's distinctive early style of book design, and many of the authors and staff who helped shape the Press in its formative years.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations

1. Fin de Siecle

2. Berkeley in the 1940's

3. The University Press in the 1940's

4. An Unavoidable Conflict

5. How We Joined the Editorial Committee

6. A Kind of Metamorphosis

7. Where to Look for Books

8. Looking to the South

9. Looking West to the East

10. Ishi, Don Juan, and the Anthropologists

11. Hollywood and Berkeley

12. London, 1660 and 1960

13. Nevada in the 1860's

14. In Any Language but English

15. The Poetry-Hating Director

16. A Few Pounds of Lit Grit

17. Mega Biblion

18. The Book as Artifact

19. Anybody Can Write a Book, but...

20. The Bird That Was Overdue for Evolution

21. Waiting for the God from the Machine

22. Earthquakes and Endings

ADDENDUM I

ADDENDUM II

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

"A Centennial book"--Half title page.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520914414

0520914414

9780585081533

0585081530

OCLC:

44954107