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Steam-powered knowledge : William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860 / Aileen Fyfe.
LIBRA Z325.C44 F94 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fyfe, Aileen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- William and Robert Chambers--History.
- William and Robert Chambers.
- Chambers, William, 1800-1883.
- Chambers, William.
- Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871.
- Chambers, Robert.
- George Routledge and Sons.
- Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Publishers and publishing.
- History.
- Railroads--Economic aspects.
- Railroads.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Great Britain.
- Booksellers and bookselling--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- George Routledge and Sons--History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 313 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- Contents:
- Introduction: the flood of cheap print
- W. & R. Chambers and the market for print
- Organizing a proper system of publishing
- Industrial book production
- Reaching a national market
- Production and steam power
- New formats for information
- Reaching an overseas market
- A modern printing establishment
- Railways and competition
- The coming of the railways
- Centralizing business in Edinburgh
- Routledge and the new competition
- Railway bookstalls
- Instruction in the railway marketplace
- The dignitaries of the trade take on Routledge
- Steamships and transatlantic business
- Transatlantic opportunities
- Getting to know the American market
- The dissemination of cheap instruction
- A new spirit of engagement
- Building relationships with Boston and Philadelphia
- Piracy and shipwreck!
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226276519
- 0226276511
- OCLC:
- 741937777
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