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William Parks : the colonial printer in the transatlantic world of the eighteenth century / A. Franklin Parks.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) Z232.P25 P37 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Parks, A. Franklin.
- Series:
- Penn State series in the history of the book
- The Penn State series in the history of the book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parks, William, -1750.
- Parks, William.
- Printers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Printers.
- Newspaper publishing.
- History.
- Printing, Public.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Great Britain.
- United States.
- Printers--United States--Biography.
- Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Publishers and publishing--United States--History--18th century.
- Printing, Public--United States--History--18th century.
- Newspaper publishing--United States--History--18th century.
- Williamsburg (Va.)--Biography.
- Williamsburg (Va.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 218 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- "A biography of the early American printer William Parks. Examines his early career in England as well as his later work in Colonial Maryland and Virginia. Focuses on the print culture on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the societal pressures on printing and publishing"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Endings and beginnings
- The Worcestershire apprentice
- Striking out on his own
- All the encouraging prospects of success
- Printing and publishing in "the age of clamour"
- "Printer to the right honourable the lord proprietor, and the province" of Maryland
- Economics, enlightenment, and the Maryland gazette
- Transforming the discourse
- Serving two masters
- The Williamsburg print shop
- Controversy and the Virginia gazette
- William Parks, Gent.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780271052113
- 0271052112
- OCLC:
- 754518522
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