College Textbook Publishing in the 1970s
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9765808 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillip Whitten (RELX Group (Netherlands), corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 421 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 56-65 |
| Publication date | 1975-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271627542100107 |
| OpenAlex | W1906540495 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
Two-thirds of all books purchased each year in the United States are bought in an educational context. Yet very little has been written about educational publishing in general and college textbooks in particular. This article presents a general discussion of college textbooks, covering their role in American higher education; the economics of textbook publishing; the ways in which texts are created; constraints on innovation in text publishing; and the concept of the “managed” textbook
Context (archaeology · Library science · Mathematics education · Political science · Publishing · Sociology · Academic Freedom and Politics · Computer Science · History · Law · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1979 - 2009 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |