A fictive people [[electronic resource] ] : antebellum economic development and the American reading public / / Ronald J. Zboray

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458383303321
• Autore: Zboray Ronald J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993
• ISBN: 1-280-52623-8; 9786610526239; 0-19-534490-1; 1-4294-0103-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (349 p.)
• Disciplina: 028/.9/097309034
• Soggetti: Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century; American literature - Appreciation - United States - History - 19th century; Book industries and trade - United States - History - 19th century; Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century; National characteristics, American; Electronic books.; United States Economic conditions To 1865
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-304) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Tables, Maps, Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Reading and the Ironies of Technological Innovation; 2. The Publisher's Market; 3. The Book Peddler and Literary Dissemination; 4. The Transportation Revolution and Book Distribution; 5. The Railroad, the Community, and the Book; 6. Family, Church, and Academy; 7. The Common School and Other Institutions; 8. The Letter and the Reading Public; 9. Numeracy, the News, and Self-culture; 10. The Interior Organization of a Bookstore; 11. Gender and Boundlessness in Reading Patterns; 12. Time, Space, and Chaos; Appendix 1: Regionalism, Literacy, and Economic DevelopmentAppendix 2: Categories in the Analytical Catalogue (1850) of the New York Society Library; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: This text aims to explode two notions that are commonplace in American cultural histories of the 19th century: that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and that there was a body of 19th-century literature that reflected ""a nation of readers"".