An extensive republic
Subtitle: print, culture, and society in the new nation, 1790-1840
By: edited by Robert A. Gross and Mary Kelley.
Contributors: Gross, Robert A., 1945-; Kelley, Mary, 1943-
Series: A history of the book in America -- v. 2
Publisher: Published in Association with the American Antiquarian Society by The University of North Carolina Press; Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society by the University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 697
ISBN-13: 9780807833391
Subjects: Book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Printing -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The revolution's legacy for the history of the book / Richard D. Brown; title: The book trades in the new nation / James N. Green ... [et al.]; title: Government and law / John L. Brooke ... [et al.]; title: Benevolent books : printing, religion, and reform / David Paul Nord; title: The learned world / David S. Shields; title: Libraries and schools / Kenneth E. Carpenter ... [et al.]; title: Men writing in the early republic / David Leverenz; title: Women writing in the early republic / Joanne Dobson and Sandra A. Zagarell; title: Periodical press : newspapers, magazines, and reviews / Andie Tucher ... [et al.]; title: Word and image / Georgia B. Barnhill ... [et al.]; title: Making communities in print / A. Gregg Roeber, Grey Gundaker, Barry F. O'Connell; title: Reading for an extensive republic / Robert A. Gross.