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Author:

Shiflett, Orvin Lee, author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

vii, 268 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Couch, William T.--(William Terry),--1901-1988.
Couch, William T.--(William Terry),--1901-1988--Political and social views.
University of North Carolina Press--History--20th century.
Publishers and publishing--United States--Biography.
Editors--United States--20th century--Biography.
Scholarly publishing--United States--History--20th century.
University presses--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A university press in the south -- Culture in the south -- Books that ought to be written -- A case history in book publishing -- Objectivity and social science -- The sainted book burners -- Do intellectuals have minds? -- The human potential for modernism -- The word and the rope.

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.

ISBN:

0786499818
9780786499816

OCLC:

(OCoLC)908375502

LCCN:

2015022624

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)