A history of the Frankfurt Book Fair /
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| Author / Creator: | Weidhaas, Peter. |
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| Uniform title: | Zur Geschichte der Frankfurter Buchmesse. English |
| Imprint: | Toronto, Ontario ; Tonawanda, NY : Dundurn Press, c2007. |
| Description: | 280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Frankfurt Frankfurter Buchmesse -- History. Frankfurter Buchmesse -- Histoire. Frankfurter Buchmesse. Book industries and trade -- Germany -- Frankfurt am Main -- Exhibitions -- History. Livres -- Industrie -- Allemagne -- Francfort-sur-le-Main -- Expositions -- Histoire. Book industries and trade -- Exhibitions. Germany -- Frankfurt am Main. History. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6824362 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- 7. The Gradual Decline of the Book Fair in Frankfurt
- Part 2. Leipzig's Era of Supremacy (1764-1861)
- 8. Leipzig's Historic Role
- Part 3. The Frankfurt Book Fairs of the Twentieth Century
- 9. Early Attempts at Revival
- 10. The Frankfurt Phoenix
- 11. Moving Forward in Frankfurt
- 12. The Frankfurt Peace Prize and Expansion to the Fairgrounds
- 13. The Book Family
- 14. East-West Turmoil
- Introduction
- 15. In the Name of Literature
- 16. The Role of the Press
- 17. 1968 - A Turning Point
- 18. Business as Usual
- 19. Major Book Fair Themes - From Latin America to India
- 20. Growing Internationalism
- 21. A Changing Infrastructure
- 22. Power Struggle: The U.S. Market Asserts Its Influence
- 23. The Author at the Book Fair: From Albert Schweitzer to Salman Rushdie
- 24. The Era of the Agent
- Part 1. The Original Frankfurt Book Fairs (1454-1764) from the Middle Ages to the Reformation and the Age of Reason
- 25. Frankfurt Goes Electronic
- Author's Note
- Endnotes
- Index of Names
- 1. A Man Hurries through Frankfurt - October 1454
- 2. A Book Fair Is Created
- 3. A Thriving Centre
- 4. A Meeting of Minds on Buchgasse
- 5. The Frankfurt Book Fair in the Seventeenth Century
- 6. The Issue of Imperial-Catholic Book Censorship
