The industrial book, 1840-1880
By: edited by Scott E. Casper ... [et. al.]
Contributors: Casper, Scott E
Series: A history of the book in America -- v. 3
Publisher: Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society by the University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 539
ISBN-13: 9780807830857
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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-510) and index
Table of contents: title: Manufacturing and book production; title: Labor and labor organization; title: Authors and literary authorship; title: The national book trade system; title: The role of government; title: Alternative publishing systems; title: Periodicals and serial publication; title: Ideologies and practices of reading; title: Sites of reading; title: Cultures of print; title: Alternative communication practices and the industrial book