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UNINA9910781394603321 |
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Titolo |
A history of the book in America . Volume 3 The industrial book, 1840-1880 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Scott E. Casper ... [et. al.] |
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Chapel Hill, N.C., : Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society by the University of North Carolina Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (560 p.) |
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Collana |
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A history of the book in America ; ; v. 3 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Book industries and trade - United States - History - 19th century |
Publishers and publishing - United States - History - 19th century |
Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Manufacturing and book production -- Labor and labor organization -- Authors and literary authorship -- The national book trade system -- The role of government -- Alternative publishing systems -- Periodicals and serial publication -- Ideologies and practices of reading -- Sites of reading -- Cultures of print -- Alternative communication practices and the industrial book. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Volume 3 of A History of the Book in America narrates the emergence of a national book trade in the nineteenth century, as changes in manufacturing, distribution, and publishing conditioned, and were conditioned by, the evolving practices of authors and readers. Chapters trace the ascent of the ""industrial book""--a manufactured product arising from the gradual adoption of new printing, binding, and illustration technologies and encompassing the profusion of nineteenth-century printed materials--which relied on nationwide networks of financing, transportation, and communication. In tan |
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