The history of Oxford University Press spans five centuries of printing and publishing. This third volume begins with the establishment of the New York office in 1896. It traces the expansion of OUP in America, Australia, Asia, and Africa, and far-reaching changes in the business and technology of publishing up to 1970.

• Introduction: The Evolution of the Press over Three-Quarters of a Century


• 1: Wm. Roger Louis: Reassessing the History of Oxford University Press, 1896-1970


• Part I: The Press in Oxford and London, and Relations with the University


• 2: William Whyte: Oxford University Press, 1896-1945


• 3: C. S. Nicholls: Oxford University Press, 1945-1970


• 4: Amy Flanders: The Press in London, 1896-1970


• 5: Daniel Raff: The Business of the Press


• Part II: Printing, Paper, Machines, and Buildings


• 6: Martin Maw: The Printer and the Printing House


• 7: Martin Maw: Wolvercote Mill


• 8: Martin Maw: Printing Technology, Binding, Readers, and Social Life


• 9: William Whyte: Architecture, Building Designs, and Jericho


• Part III: Publications


• 10: Alan Bell: Scholarly and Reference Publishing


• 11: Elizabeth Knowles: Eleven Case Studies in the OUP Publication Process


• 12: Christopher Stray: Classics


• 13: Robert Fraser: Educational Books


• 14: Ron Heapy: Children's Books


• 15: Terry Hardaker: The Cartographic Department


• 16: Simon Wright: Music Publishing


• 17: Simon Eliot: The Press and the British Book Trade


• 18: Jon Stallworthy: The Editors


• Part IV: Worldwide Expansion and Influence


• 19: Daniel Raff: New York


• 20: Thorin Tritter: Canada, Australia, and New Zealand


• 21: Rimi B. Chatterjee and Padmini Ray Murray: India


• 22: Ali Raza: Pakistan


• 23: Atalanta Myerson: East Asia


• 24: Dawn D'Arcy Nell: Africa


• Part V: End of an Era


• 25: Wm. Roger Louis: The Waldock Inquiry, 1967-1970


• 26: Philip Waller: Scholarly Publishing in the 1960s


• 27: David McKitterick: Looking Further


• Appendices


• Index

Wm. Roger Louis (D.Litt., Oxford), CBE, FBA, is Kerr Professor at the University of Texas and Honorary Fellow of St Antony's College, Oxford. A Past President of the American Historical Association, he is Editor-in-Chief of the Oxford History of the British Empire. His books include Ends of British Imperialism (2006).