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A fictive people : antebellum economic development and the American reading public / Ronald J. Zboray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zboray, Ronald J., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading--United States--History--19th century.
- Books and reading.
- American literature--Appreciation--United States--History--19th century.
- American literature.
- Book industries and trade--United States--History--19th century.
- Book industries and trade.
- Popular culture--United States--History--19th century.
- Popular culture.
- United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (349 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text aims to explode two notions that are commonplace in American cultural histories of the 19th century: that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and that there was a body of 19th-century literature that reflected "a nation of readers".
- Contents:
- Contents; Tables, Maps, Illustrations; Introduction; 1. Reading and the Ironies of Technological Innovation; 2. The Publisher's Market; 3. The Book Peddler and Literary Dissemination; 4. The Transportation Revolution and Book Distribution; 5. The Railroad, the Community, and the Book; 6. Family, Church, and Academy; 7. The Common School and Other Institutions; 8. The Letter and the Reading Public; 9. Numeracy, the News, and Self-culture; 10. The Interior Organization of a Bookstore; 11. Gender and Boundlessness in Reading Patterns; 12. Time, Space, and Chaos
- Appendix 1: Regionalism, Literacy, and Economic DevelopmentAppendix 2: Categories in the Analytical Catalogue (1850) of the New York Society Library; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-304) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771093-X
- 1-280-52623-8
- 9786610526239
- 0-19-534490-1
- 1-4294-0103-6
- OCLC:
- 191953299
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