A Century in Books: Princeton University Press 1905-2005

Princeton University Press Staff

Published by Princeton University Press 2005

A Century in Books

Princeton University Press 1905-2005

Princeton University Press Staff

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691238173

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It all began atop a drugstore in Princeton, New Jersey, in November 1905. From its modest beginnings, Princeton University Press was to become one of the world's most important scholarly publishers, embracing a wealth of disciplines that have enriched our cultural, academic, and scientific landscape.

Both as a tribute to our authors and to celebrate our centenary, Princeton University Press here presents A Century in Books. This beautifully designed volume highlights 100 of the nearly 8,000 books we have published. Necessarily winnowed from a much larger list, these books best typify what has been most lasting, most defining, and most distinctive about our publishing history--from Einstein's The Meaning of Relativity (1922) to the numerous mathematical and other works that marked the Press's watershed decade of the 1940s, including von Neumann and Morgenstern's Theory of Games and Economic Behavior; from milestones of literary criticism by Erich Auerbach and Northop Frye to George Kennan's Pulitzer Prize-winning book on Soviet-American relations; from Milton Friedman and Anna Jacobson Schwartz's A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 to more recent landmarks such as L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Paolo Menozzi, and Alberto Piazza's The History and Geography of Human Genes and Robert Shiller's Irrational Exuberance.

In addition to succinct descriptions of the 100 titles and a short introduction on the history of the Press, the book features five essays by prominent scholars and writers: Michael Wood discusses the impact on Princeton University Press of intellectuals who fled Nazi Germany and authored many influential books. Anthony Grafton recounts our rich publishing tradition in history, politics, and culture. Sylvia Nasar traces our evolution into a leading voice in economics publishing. Daniel Kevles reflects on Einstein, a figure of special importance to Princeton. And Lord Robert May writes on our long-standing tradition of publishing in mathematics and science.

A Century in Books is more than a celebration of 100 years of publishing at Princeton University Press--it is a treasure trove of 100 years of books that have added to the richness of twentieth-century intellectual life.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Chronological List of Books Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Walter Lippincott Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Books, 1920–1943 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Fragments of Modernity Michael Wood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Books, 1943–1950 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
P. J. Conkwright and Book Design Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Books, 1950–1955 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
History, Politics, and Culture Anthony Grafton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
Books, 1956–1963 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	51
Economics at the Center of the Mathematical Universe Sylvia Nasar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Books, 1963–1974 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Bollingen Series, 1943–2002 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Books, 1975–1987 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
Albert Einstein: Relativity,War, and Fame Daniel J. Kevles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Books, 1987–1996 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
Mathematics and Science Robert M. May Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Books, 1996–2002 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Index of Books by Subject Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161