 | Jacques Schiffrin: A Publisher in Exile, from Pléiade to Pantheon Subjects: Schiffrin Jacques; Schiffrin Jacques -- Exile; Publishers and publishing -- France -- Biography; Publishers and publishing -- United States -- Biography; Jewish publishers -- Biography; Gallimard (Firm) -- History -- 20th century; Pantheon Books -- Hist; In this first biography of Jacques Schiffrin, the founder of Pléaide Editions in Paris and cofounder of Pantheon Books in New York, Amos Reichman tells the story of a great publisher and his travails across two continents. Paxton Robert : Robert O. Paxton is a Mellon Professor Emeritus of social sciences and modern Europe in the department of history at Columbia University. He is the author of Europe in the Twentieth Century (5th ed. Wadsworth Publishing/Cengage, 2012) and The Anatomy of Fascism (Knopf Doubleday, 2005), among others.Amos Reichman studied humanities at the École normale supérieure de Lyon and Columbia University. His articles have appeared in Le Monde and Les temps modernes , among other publications. |
