Reading and riding
Subtitle: Hachette's railroad bookstore network in nineteenth-century France
By: Eileen S. DeMarco.
Publisher: Lehigh University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Bethlehem
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Hachette (Firm) -- History -- 19th century.; Booksellers and bookselling -- France -- History -- 19th century.; Book industries and trade -- France -- History -- 19th century.; Bookstores -- France -- History -- 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origin of the network (1826-1852); title: Development of the network (1852-1870); title: The supervisors; title: The suppliers, the operators, and the consumers; title: The monopoly under fire : losing the battle, winning the war (1870-1914).