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The industrial book, 1840-1880 / edited by Scott E. Casper ... [and others].
Kislak Center for Special Collections Reading Room Z473 .I53 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- History of the book in America ; v. 3.
- A history of the book in America ; v. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Book industries and trade--United States--History--19th century.
- Book industries and trade.
- Publishers and publishing--United States--History--19th century.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Books and reading--United States--History--19th century.
- Books and reading.
- History.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 539 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society by the University of North Carolina Press, [2007]
- Contents:
- Manufacturing and book production
- Labor and labor organization
- Authors and literary authorship
- The national book trade system
- The role of government
- Alternative publishing systems
- Periodicals and serial publication
- Ideologies and practices of reading
- Sites of reading
- Cultures of print
- Alternative communication practices and the industrial book.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [425]-510) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780807830857
- 0807830852
- OCLC:
- 76901778
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