MUP: A Centenary History by Stuart Kells (English) Hardcover Book

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Using a century of MUP publications and archives, Stuart Kells has written a rich and fascinating history of an invaluable Australian institution - one that is widely seen as public property, and whose ups and downs have always been news.

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Inside Australia's most venerable book publishing house.Australia's oldest university press is also one of our best known and most trusted publishers. Founded in 1921 as a bookshop for students at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne University Press was soon publishing important works that contained the best of national scholarship.Landmark MUP books and series include The Australian Dictionary of Biography, Manning Clark's History of Australia, The Encyclopaedia of New Guinea and the journal Meanjin. These and other MUP publications helped shape how Australians perceived themselves, and how they talked about literature, politics, race, the Pacific, the world wars and public policy.From its inception, MUP grappled with hard questions. How should a university press be governed? To what extent should such a press be concerned with political, polemical and radical works? And can a university press be financially self-sustaining if it focuses on books that commercial publishers overlook? The respective leaders of MUP answered these questions in ways that regularly led the press into controversy.Using a century of MUP publications and archives, Stuart Kells has written a rich and fascinating history of an invaluable Australian institution-one that is widely seen as public property, and whose ups and downs have always been news.

Author Biography

Stuart Kells is one of Australia's leading writers on the history of business and finance. Adjunct Professor at La Trobe Business School, he has twice won the Ashurst Business Literature Prize. His shorter works have been published around the world including in Smithsonian, The Paris Review, The Guardian and LitHub. His book The Library- A Catalogue of Wonders was shortlisted for the Prime Minister's Literary Award and the NSW Premier's general history prize.

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Inside Australia's most venerable book publishing house

Details ISBN0522878091 Author Stuart Kells Short Title Mup Pages 544 Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 0522878091 ISBN-13 9780522878097 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-02-07 Subtitle A Centenary History Publisher Melbourne University Press Imprint The Miegunyah Press Place of Publication Carlton Country of Publication Australia AU Release Date 2023-02-07 Edited by Franny Choi Birth 1916 Death 1990 Affiliation IST Austria Qualifications PsyD DEWEY 070.5099451 Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-02-06 We've got this

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