History of Oxford University Press. Volume 1, Beginnings to 1780; Volume 2,1780-1896; Volume 3, 1896-1970; Volume 4, 1970-2004

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Commissioned scholarly history dealing with printing and publishing activities from the 15th century. 'Traces the impact of long-term changes in printing technology and the business of publishing. It also considers the effects of wider trends in education, reading, and scholarship, in international trade and the spreading influence of the English language, and in cultural and social history - both in Oxford and through its presence around the world'