William Terry Couch and the politics of academic publishing : an editor's career as lightning rod for controversy / Orvin Lee Shiflett.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shiflett, Orvin Lee, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Couch, William T. (William Terry), 1901-1988.

Couch, William T.

Couch, William T. (William Terry), 1901-1988--Political and social views.

University of North Carolina Press--History--20th century.

University of North Carolina Press.

Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography.

Publishers and publishing.

Editors--United States--20th century--Biography.

Editors.

Scholarly publishing--United States--History--20th century.

Scholarly publishing.

University presses--United States--History--20th century.

University presses.

United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"William Terry Couch (1901-1988) began his four-decade publishing career building the University of North Carolina Press into one of the nation's leading university presses. Couch was committed to publishing and strove to disturb American complacency. This first book-length biography of Couch covers the career of a publisher who brought academic scholarship to the public"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction ; 1. A University Press in the South ; 2. Culture in the South ; 3. Books That Ought to Be Written ; 4. A Case History in Book Publishing ; 5. Objectivity and Social Science ; 6. The Sainted Book Burners ; 7. Do Intellectuals Have Minds?

8. The Human Potential for Modernism 9. The Word and the Rope ; Chapter Notes ; Bibliography ; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-2241-8