Presses universitaires de France
Presses universitaires de France (PUF; University Press of France), founded in 1921 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), is a French publishing house.
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Presses universitaires de France
- Founded
- 1921
- Headquarters
- Paris
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Presses universitaires de France (PUF; University Press of France), founded in 1921 by Paul Angoulvent (1899–1976), is a French publishing house.
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Key facts
• Founder — Paul Angoulvent • Country — France • Headquarters — Paris • Publications — Books, Journals • Url — http: www.puf.com
Recent company history
Recent company history
The financial and legal structure of the Presses Universitaires de France was completely restructured in 2000, when the original cooperative structure was abandoned. Companies that then took stakes in PUF included Flammarion Publishing (17% in 2000, 18% currently) and insurer Maaf Assurances (9%, 8% currently). In 2006, another insurance giant Garantie Mutuelle des Fonctionnaires (GMF) injected capital into the PUF, taking a 16.4% stake in the publisher.
Que sais-je?
Que sais-je?
The paperback series Que sais-je? ("What do I know?", a quotation from Montaigne) was created by Paul Angoulvent in 1941. Specialists are invited to ruminate on specific themes in texts of up to 128 pages each. Today, there are close to 4,000 titles by 2,500 authors, constituting the world's largest paperback encyclopedia, covering a broad range of subjects. Many of the titles have been translated into up to forty-three languages. By 2004, the PUF had sold around 160 million copies of titles in the series. Its ISSN number is 0768-0066.
Institutional history
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Institutional history
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1921
Presses universitaires de France established.
1921
Presses universitaires de France is recorded from 1921.
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- France
Collections
Collections
• Bibliothèque de philosophie contemporaine • L'écologie en questions • Écrits • Éducation et société • Épiméthée • Éthique et philosophie morale • Intervention philosophique • Leviathan • Le lien social • Lignes d'art • Le Nœud gordien • Major • Nouvelle Clio • Perspectives critiques • Quadrige • Que sais-je? • Science, histoire, société • Sciences sociales et société • Sociologie d'aujourd'hui • Thémis • La Vie des Idées
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Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Edouard Morot-Sir, Pascal, Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1973, 11,5 × 18, 106 p, Collection SUP : Philosophes Edouaird Morot-Sir, La métaphysique de Pascal. Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1973. 11,5 × 18, Colliections SUP : le Philosophe, Revue de Synthèse, 1975
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1975
- Jacques Attali, Analyse économique de la vie politique. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1972, 219 p. - Jacques Attali, Les modèles politiques. Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1972, 178 p, Canadian Journal of Political Science, 1973
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1973
- Maurice Leroy, Les Grands Courants de la Linguistique Moderne. Bruxelles: Presses Universitaires de Bruxelles & Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. Pp. x + 198, Journal of Linguistics, 1966
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1966
reference work
- “Presses Universitaires de France”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1892146: Presses universitaires de France
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authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1032537-2, Presses Universitaires de France (Paris).
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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- 1.J.-C. F., "Flammarion au secours des Presses Universitaires de France", Les Echos, lesechos.fr. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- 2."Les Presses Universitaires de France accueillent la GMF dans leur capital", Les Echos, no. 19378, 26 August 2006, p. 22. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- 3."Que sais-je?" book series list, publishinghistory.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1032537-2, Presses Universitaires de France (Paris).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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