LEADER 03359nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910784873203321 005 20230421044642.0 010 $a0-19-771093-X 010 $a1-280-52623-8 010 $a9786610526239 010 $a0-19-534490-1 010 $a1-4294-0103-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403005 035 $a(EBL)270855 035 $a(OCoLC)191953299 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000154459 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11179390 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000154459 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10408365 035 $a(PQKB)10192937 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL270855 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10142039 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL52623 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC270855 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403005 100 $a19911216d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA fictive people$b[electronic resource] $eantebellum economic development and the American reading public /$fRonald J. Zboray 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1993 215 $a1 online resource (349 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-507582-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 269-304) and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aAppendix 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 330 $aThis 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"". 606 $aBooks and reading$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAmerican literature$xAppreciation$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aBook industries and trade$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPopular culture$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aNational characteristics, American 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic conditions$yTo 1865 615 0$aBooks and reading$xHistory 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAppreciation$xHistory 615 0$aBook industries and trade$xHistory 615 0$aPopular culture$xHistory 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 676 $a028/.9/097309034 700 $aZboray$b Ronald J$01473659 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784873203321 996 $aA fictive people$93686910 997 $aUNINA