by Michael Black · Cambridge University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780521429214
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«A Short History of Cambridge University Press» is the historical essay by Michael Black, in paperback (123 pages, in English).
History of the world's oldest publisher, from its foundation in 1584, constitutionally linked to the University of Cambridge. It reviews the press's crises: the resurgence of Richard Bentley in the 1690s, the Victorian renaissance of 1850, the two world wars and the reconstruction of the 1970s, and its status as a charitable entity.
Published by Cambridge University Press in March 1992. Michael Black, the author, was University Publisher at Cambridge and wrote the complete history for the fourth centenary in 1984.
Aimed at university students and readers interested in the history of publishing, printing and academic institutions.
Michael Black was a British sculptor who lived and worked in Oxford. He is best known for carving the Emperors' Heads outside the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford.
