Verlage 2

Verlage 2

Band 5/2 der Geschichte des deutschen Buchhandels im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert behandelt vornehmlich Verlage der DDR. Er schließt damit an den ersten Teil des dreigliedrigen Werkes an, in dem die kulturpolitischen Rahmenbedingen seit der sowjetischen Besatzungszeit und die belletristischen Verlage beschrieben werden. In Überblicksdarstellungen und Porträts werden die Kinder- und Jugendbuchverlage, die Kunst- und Theaterverlage, die Musikverlage, die Sach- und Fachbuchverlage, die Wissenschaftsverlage, die Lexikonverlage sowie die Partei- und Kirchenverlage vorgestellt, darunter der Kinderbuchverlag Berlin und Neues Leben, Henschel, E. A. Seemann und der Verlag der Kunst, C. F. Peters, Urania-Verlag, Akademie-Verlag und Hermann Böhlaus Nachf., das Bibliographische Institut und F. A. Brockhaus, Buchverlag Der Morgen, Dietz Verlag und Union Verlag sowie die Evangelische Verlagsanstalt und der St. Benno-Verlag.

Polytechnisches Centralblatt

Springer-Verlag. Pt. 1: 1842-1945 : foundation, maturation, adversity

This book describes the fortunes and activities of one of the few specialist publishing houses still in the hands of the same family that established it over years ago, and with it gives a p- trayal of those members who directed it. In doing so it covers a period of momentous historical events that directly and in- rectly shaped the firm's actions and achievements. But this volume tells not only, in word and picture, the story of Springer- Verlag but also, interwoven with it, the story of scientific p- lishing in Germany over the span of a hundred years. The text, densely packed with carefully researched facts and figures, is illuminated and supplemented by many illustrations whose captions, together with the author's notes, contain a wealth of important and interesting information. The reader is urged to read these captions as well as the notes so as to - preciate in full the events and people described. I have added a few footnotes to clarify or expand on some matters that may be unfamiliar to non-German readers. Because of the long period of time covered in these pages many of the documents and letters shown and commented upon are different in diction and style from those of today. An - tempt was made in the translation to keep the flavour of the original language and not contemporise it.