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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824956103321

Autore

Salman Jeroen

Titolo

Pedlars and the popular press : itinerant distribution networks in England and the Netherlands 1600-1850 / / by Jeroen Salman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Brill, , [2013]

©2014

ISBN

90-04-25285-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Collana

Library of the written word : the handpress world ; ; volume 21

Library of the written word, , 1874-4834 ; ; volume 29

Disciplina

381.450020942

381/.450020942

Soggetti

Book industries and trade - Social aspects - England

Book industries and trade - Social aspects - Netherlands

Book industries and trade - England - History - 17th century

Book industries and trade - England - History - 18th century

Book industries and trade - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Book industries and trade - Netherlands - History - 18th century

Peddling - England - History - 17th century

Peddling - England - History - 18th century

Peddling - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Peddling - Netherlands - History - 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Reputation and Representation -- The Pedlar in the English Distribution Network -- The Pedlar in the Dutch Distribution Network -- Conclusion: A Comparative Perspective on Itinerant Networks -- Bibliography -- Index of Names, Places and Major Topics.

Sommario/riassunto

Itinerant salesmen, also called pedlars, street hawkers, hucksters and ballad singers are considered to be the most important distributors of popular printed matter in Europe between 1600 and 1850. A general assumption is that the pedlar travelling from town to countryside was strongly distinct from the role of the established booksellers in the



towns, selling books to the educated and affluent buyer. The commercial position of the urban pedlars, however, is very often underestimated. In this book, therefore, the itinerant book trade is studied in an English and Dutch, urban context, leading to a new perspective on the role of the pedlars as an intermediary between the established booksellers and an extensive, socially diverse reading public.