William Parks : the colonial printer in the transatlantic world of the eighteenth century /
Parks, A. Franklin.
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press,
c2012.
"A biography of the early American printer William Parks. Examines his early career in England as well as his later work in Colonial Maryland and Virginia. Focuses on the print culture on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the societal pressures on printing and publishing"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Endings and beginnings -- The Worcestershire apprentice -- Striking out on his own -- All the encouraging prospects of success -- Printing and publishing in "the age of clamour" -- "Printer to the right honourable the lord proprietor, and the province" of Maryland -- Economics, enlightenment, and the Maryland gazette -- Transforming the discourse -- Serving two masters -- The Williamsburg print shop -- Controversy and the Virginia gazette -- William Parks, Gent.
"A biography of the early American printer William Parks. Examines his early career in England as well as his later work in Colonial Maryland and Virginia. Focuses on the print culture on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the societal pressures on printing and publishing"--Provided by publisher.
Parks, William, -1750.
Printers
Printers
Publishers and publishing
Publishers and publishing
Printing, Public
Newspaper publishing