Émigrés: the Transformation of Art Publishing in Britain

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2014
Author
Author: Anna Nyburg
Language
English
Number of Pages
288 pp.
Publisher
Phaidon
City
London, England
Region
Europe
Demographics
Immigrants
Chronological Period
1900-1949
1950-1999
ISBN
9780714867021
Annotation

Examines the impact on the British publishing industry of emigres from Germany and Austria. 

Contents: 

  • Portraits: the founders of Phaidon Press, Adprint and Thames & Hudson
  • Roots
  • Flight from Nazi Europe
  • Arrival and war
  • A new start
  • Between the pages
  • Photography and printing
  • The rise and fall of Adprint
  • The birth of Thames & Hudson
  • Phaidon Press and Thames & Hudson come of age
  • Jostling imitators
  • Ripple effect
  • Conclusion
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