Word: bierstedt
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...Robert Bierstedt, University of Illinois professor of sociology, was asked to criticize a manuscript, list possible improvements, estimate sales, suggest the effects of popularization-all for $30. "My fee," replied Bierstedt, "has gone up to $100." Sorry, said the publisher, we can't afford it: we contribute to scholarship by bringing out books that will never make money. "Such solicitude [for scholarship]," wrote Bierstedt, "is touching"-but he had seen too many lavish dinners go on publishers' expense accounts. "Professors may be stupid when it comes to dollars," he concluded, "but they know a little something about dialectic...
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