TY - JOUR AU - Irving Louis Horowitz AB - Tracing social science publishing back to the eighteenth century, this article discusses the role of the federal government, commercial presses, nonprofit foundations, racial and ethnic publishing groups, professional societies and university presses. The contributions of individual social scientists and publishers are noted, as are recent trends in the field. BT - Publishing Research Quarterly IS - Summer LA - English N2 - Tracing social science publishing back to the eighteenth century, this article discusses the role of the federal government, commercial presses, nonprofit foundations, racial and ethnic publishing groups, professional societies and university presses. The contributions of individual social scientists and publishers are noted, as are recent trends in the field. PY - 1991 SP - 59 EP - 67 T2 - Publishing Research Quarterly TI - Toward a History of Social Science Publishing in the United States VL - 7 ER -