LEADER 03882nam 2200457 450 001 9910760273903321 005 20231013234619.0 010 $a3-031-38902-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30765519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30765519 035 $a(EXLCZ)9928443960700041 100 $a20231013d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World /$fChristine Elliott 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2024] 210 4$d©2024 215 $a1 online resource (261 pages) 225 1 $aNew Directions in Book History Series 311 08$aPrint version: Elliott, Christine The Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World Cham : Palgrave Macmillan,c2023 9783031389016 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Coffee-Table Books: Seriously? -- Transferring Photographs onto Paper -- Photobooks -- Advances in Full-Colour Printing -- Coffee-Table Books -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3: What's in a Name? -- Furniture and Books -- Coffee Tables -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4: A New Book-Buying Market -- Visual Culture in the Domestic Sphere -- Books as Gifts -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5: More Than Meets the Eye -- Cultural Resonance -- Zeitgeist -- Art for the Masses -- National Identity -- Producing Objets d'art -- Format -- Visual Narratives -- Authenticity -- Materiality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6: David Brower: An American Environmental Publisher -- Background -- Nature and Nurture -- A Fine Publishing Tradition -- The First Executive Director -- The Economics of Book Publishing -- The Exhibit Format Series -- This Is the American Earth -- The Concept -- Production -- Marketing to Club Members -- Reviews -- An Agent of Influence -- Browsing the Environment -- Machinations and Manoeuvrings -- In Wildness Is the Preservation of the World -- Production -- Reception -- The Commercial Realities of Publishing, Selling and Distribution -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7: Paul Hamlyn: British Publishing Mould Breaker -- Background -- "Business-Like" Not a Business -- Books as Commodities -- A Whole New Concept -- Acquiring Forms of Capital -- Non-conformity -- Colours Galore -- Hamlyn's Model -- Hamlyn in Australia -- More Cookbook Success -- Another Publishing Venture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 8: Lloyd O'Neil: Australia in Colour -- Background -- The Shaping of a Nationalistic Publisher. 327 $aExploring Australia and the Book Trade -- Social Change, Colour Printing Technology and National Identity -- Lansdowne Press and Offshore Printing -- Australia in Colour -- The Australiana Genre -- Cookbook Success -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 9: Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E -- Appendix F -- Index. 410 0$aNew directions in book history. 606 $aPublishers and publishing$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aPublishers and publishing$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aPublishers and publishing$xHistory 615 0$aPublishers and publishing$xHistory 676 $a813 700 $aElliott$b Christine$01438388 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910760273903321 996 $aThe Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World$93599642 997 $aUNINA