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Analysing qualitative and quantative data from 1950 to 1999, the author shows how higher education publishing moved from a culture of independent domestic publishers to international conglomerates. The theory is applicable to explaining institutional changes in all professional service industries.

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" . . . The most rigorous and theoretically sophisticated book available for those interested in the sociology of the book publishing industry." -- Canadian Journal of Sociology Online

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    A Hardback by Patricia H. Thornton

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 03/03/2004
      ISBN13: 9780804740210, 978-0804740210
      ISBN10: 0804740216
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      Book Synopsis
      Analysing qualitative and quantative data from 1950 to 1999, the author shows how higher education publishing moved from a culture of independent domestic publishers to international conglomerates. The theory is applicable to explaining institutional changes in all professional service industries.

      Trade Review
      " . . . The most rigorous and theoretically sophisticated book available for those interested in the sociology of the book publishing industry." -- Canadian Journal of Sociology Online

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