Whether Enlightenment philosophy, Shakespeare, landscape gardening or fashionable clothing - the 18th Century is considered to be the most "English" century in German history. This study examines the material basis of this intensive cultural transfer at the point where the history of the book trade overlaps with the history of science and ideas, and German and English studies: the Distribution and Translation of English Literature in 18th Century Germany. It describes the theory and practice of translation right up to the working conditions of the often impoverished translators. Previous...

Das Archiv fur Geschichte des Buchwesens veroffentlicht wissenschaftliche Beitrage und Quelleneditionen zur Buch-, Bibliotheks- und Buchhandelsgeschichte.

Das Archiv fur Geschichte des Buchwesens enthalt neben einem Aufsatzteil umfangreiche Rezensionen zu den wichtigsten buchwissenschaftlichen Veroffentlichungen. Das "Archiv" erganzend werden in der Reihe Archiv fur Geschichte des Buchwesens. Studien Monographien publiziert.

Auf dem weiten Weg vom "Autor zum Leser," wie es Herbert G. Gopfert formulierte, liegen thematische Stationen wie die des...

This study is the first academic analysis of Georg von Holtzbrinck's business activities before 1948. His companies were on the whole rather insignificant. However, the skill with which Holtzbrinck experimented in manipulating these instruments was already an early indicator of his subsequent company strategies. The study provides insights into unexplored areas of the National Socialist book and journal trade, as well as the early history of the modern book club. Thus, it represents a piece of criticial self-examination on the beginnings of today's media structures.