The Strange Life and Death of Edinburgh Map Publishing

By:
Prof. Iain Stevenson
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For almost 150 years, map publishing was dominated by three publishing houses based in Edinburgh Scotland. This paper, based on an on-going research project, outlines the history of the three great Edinburgh map publishers, Bartholomew, Johnston and Bacon and Gall and Inglis. These organisations were both competitive and co-operative and for most of the twentieth centurym maps and atlases in the global marketplace were dominated by these publishers. The paper charts their growth, flourishing and demise and places them within the context of book history and publishing technology.


Keywords: Cartography, Maps and Atlases, Publishing Business History, Book History
Stream: Books, Writing and Reading
Presentation Type: 30 minute Paper Presentation in English
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Prof. Iain Stevenson

Professor of Publishing, UCL Centre for Publishing
School of Library
Archive and Information Studies, University College London
UK

Professor Iain Stevenson is Professor of Publishing at University College
London. Previously he was Professor of Publishing Studies at City University
London and prior to that a publishing executive with a number of international
publishing houses, including Longman, Macmillan, Pinter, Wiley and the
Stationery Office.

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