The Development of the International Book Trade, 1870-1895 [electronic resource] : Tangled Networks /
Rukavina, A.author.
An international trade emerged between 1870-1895 that incorporated the circulation of books among countries worldwide. A history of the social network and select agents who sold and distributed books overseas, this study demonstrates agents increasingly thought of the world as a negotiable, connected system and books as transnational commodities.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tangled networks -- Developing distribution channels and the social network -- Piracy, copyright, and the international book trade -- The international book trade -- The Colonial Booksellers' Agency.
An international trade emerged between 1870-1895 that incorporated the circulation of books among countries worldwide. A history of the social network and select agents who sold and distributed books overseas, this study demonstrates agents increasingly thought of the world as a negotiable, connected system and books as transnational commodities.
Imperialism.
Civilization—History.
Literature.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Cultural History.
Literature, general.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.