A fictive people : antebellum economic development and the American reading public / / Ronald J. Zboray
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| Autore: |
Zboray Ronald J.
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| Titolo: |
A fictive people : antebellum economic development and the American reading public / / Ronald J. Zboray
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 028/.9/097309034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Books and reading - United States - History - 19th century |
| American literature - Appreciation - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Book industries and trade - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Popular culture - United States - History - 19th century | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Economic conditions To 1865 |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 1993. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-304) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Chaos |
| Appendix 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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". |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A fictive people |
| ISBN: | 0-19-771093-X |
| 1-280-52623-8 | |
| 9786610526239 | |
| 0-19-534490-1 | |
| 1-4294-0103-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910818060503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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