03483nam 2200685 450 991079807450332120230801234634.00-271-06838-80-271-07227-X10.1515/9780271072272(CKB)3710000000459612(SSID)ssj0001532245(PQKBManifestationID)12580928(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001532245(PQKBWorkID)11472836(PQKB)11257719(MiAaPQ)EBC6224636(DE-B1597)584345(DE-B1597)9780271072272(OCoLC)1162186606(MdBmJHUP)musev2_86415(OCoLC)1253312831(EXLCZ)99371000000045961220200929d2012 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrHow books came to America the rise of the American book trade /John HruschkaUniversity Park, Pennsylvania :The Pennsylvania State University Press,2012.1 online resource (xvii, 226 pages)The Penn State series in the history of the bookBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-271-05081-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Creating new worlds -- Inventing America in the English book trade -- Creating book trades in English America -- Creating German books in the new world -- Re-creating the London book trade in the United States -- Revolutions in American book production technology -- Transplanting the German book trade to the United States -- The evolution of the American book business -- Becoming a German bookseller in the United States -- Creating a German bookstore in Philadelphia -- The evolution of an American publisher -- Creating an independent American publisher -- Imposing order on the American book trade -- Creating the office of Publishers' weekly -- Celebrating the book trade in the new world -- The end of the beginning -- Inventing the future American book trade."Traces the development of the American book trade from the colonial era through the twentieth century. Explores the technological, historical, cultural, political, and personal forces that shaped the trade, paying particular attention to the contributions of the German bookseller Frederick Leypoldt and his journal Publishers Weekly"--Provided by publisher.Penn State series in the history of the book.Book industries and tradeUnited StatesHistoryPublishers and publishingUnited StatesHistoryBooksellers and booksellingUnited StatesHistoryGerman imprintsUnited StatesHistoryBook industries and tradeGreat BritainHistoryBook industries and tradeGermanyHistoryBook industries and tradeHistory.Publishers and publishingHistory.Booksellers and booksellingHistory.German imprintsHistory.Book industries and tradeHistory.Book industries and tradeHistory.381/.450020973Hruschka John1956-1534145MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798074503321How books came to America3781444UNINA