03359nam 2200685Ia 450 991078487320332120230421044642.00-19-771093-X1-280-52623-897866105262390-19-534490-11-4294-0103-6(CKB)1000000000403005(EBL)270855(OCoLC)191953299(SSID)ssj0000154459(PQKBManifestationID)11179390(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154459(PQKBWorkID)10408365(PQKB)10192937(Au-PeEL)EBL270855(CaPaEBR)ebr10142039(CaONFJC)MIL52623(MiAaPQ)EBC270855(EXLCZ)99100000000040300519911216d1993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA fictive people[electronic resource] antebellum economic development and the American reading public /Ronald J. ZborayNew York Oxford University Press19931 online resource (349 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-507582-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-304) and index.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 ChaosAppendix 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; YThis 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"".Books and readingUnited StatesHistory19th centuryAmerican literatureAppreciationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryBook industries and tradeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPopular cultureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryNational characteristics, AmericanUnited StatesEconomic conditionsTo 1865Books and readingHistoryAmerican literatureAppreciationHistoryBook industries and tradeHistoryPopular cultureHistoryNational characteristics, American.028/.9/097309034Zboray Ronald J1473659MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784873203321A fictive people3686910UNINA