Perspectives on American Book History
Subtitle: Artifacts and Commentary (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book series)
Contributors: Scott E. Casper (Editor); Joanne D. Chaison (Editor); Jeffrey D. Groves (Editor)
Edition: Har/Cdr edition
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: April 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9781558493162
Subjects: Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter; History of specific subjects; Publishing industry; Reference; History; History Of Books And Printing; United States; History - General History; Publishing; USA; Books; Books & Reading; Book industries and trade; Sources; Books and reading; Publishers and publishing
First sentence: TEXTBOOKS have been a staple of American publishing ever since the late 1680s, when a Boston bookseller named Benjamin Harris issued The New-England Primer to inculcate literacy and piety in Puritan children.