LEADER 03469nam 22007453u 450 001 9910818060503321 005 20240410113355.0 010 $a0-19-771093-X 010 $a1-280-52623-8 010 $a9786610526239 010 $a0-19-534490-1 010 $a1-4294-0103-6 024 7 $a10.1093/oso/9780195075823.001.0001 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(OCoLC)1406786952 035 $a(StDuBDS)9780197710937 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403005 100 $a19931116e20231993 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA fictive people $eantebellum economic development and the American reading public /$fRonald J. Zboray 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aNew York ;$cOxford University Press,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (349 p.) 225 1 $aOxford scholarship online 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 1993. 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 8 $aThis text aims to explode two notions that are commonplace in American cultural histories of the 19th century: that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and that there was a body of 19th-century literature that reflected "a nation of readers". 410 0$aOxford scholarship online. 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 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 676 $a028/.9/097309034 700 $aZboray$b Ronald J.$01716625 801 0$bUk 801 1$bUk 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 801 2$bStDuBDSZ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910818060503321 996 $aA fictive people$94112071 997 $aUNINA