Walter de Gruyter Publishers

This is an account of the merging of five publishers - Georg Reimer, G.G. Goschensen'sche Verlagshanlung; Veit & Comp, I Guttentag, and Karl I. Trubner - in 1919, to form Walter de Gruyter. The history goes back 250 years.

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Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Entrepreneurial Spirit and Liberal Values. The Publisher Georg Reimer -- Between Classical Weimar and Popular Science G.J. Göschen'sche Verlagshandlung -- Highly Regarded and Distinguished. Veit & Comp. -- Modem and Practice-Oriented. I. Guttentag -- ... No mere manufacturer of books. The Publisher Karl I. Trübner -- The Making of a Major Scholarly Publisher: the Vereinigung wissenschaftlicher Verleger -- From Day Song to Production Ledger -- Walter de Gruyter -- Weimar Republic und National Socialism -- Developments since 1945 -- Tradition and Future -- Selected Bibliography -- Picture Credits -- Name Index