1st Edition
A History of Book Publishing in Contemporary Latin America
Part 1: Argentina 1. The book and publishing in Argentina. Books for everyone and the Hispanic American model 2. Translating the nation. Gregorio Weinberg and the rationalism of Argentinean past Part 2: Mexico 3. Latin America as a civilizing meridian. Fondo de Cultura Económica and the Tierra Firme series 4. Publishing and politics. Cold War in Latin American culture in the sixties Part 3: Brazil 5. Genesis of the national publishing market: a miracle? 6. The house and the enterprise. José Olympio and the evolution of publishing in Brazil Part 4. Transnational Perspectives 7. The world as a fair. Publishing in(ter)dependencies at the Frankfurt Fair 8. The translation of social and human sciences books between France and Argentina as an unequal Exchange
Biography
Gustavo Sorá has a PhD in Social Anthropology by the National Museum of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He works as an Independent Researcher of the Argentine Scientific Research Council (CONICET) and as Tenured Professor at the Anthropological Department of the National University of Córdoba (Argentina).
