Lost illusions : the politics of publishing in nineteenth-century France / Christine Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Christine.

Series:

Harvard historical studies ; v. 167.

Harvard historical studies ; 167

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing--Political aspects--France--History--19th century.

Publishers and publishing.

Book industries and trade--France--History--19th century.

Book industries and trade.

Physical Description:

xvi, 328 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Linking the study of business and politics, Christine Haynes reconstructs the passionate and protracted debate over the development of the book trade in nineteenth-century France. In tracing the contest over literary production in France, Haynes emphasizes the role of the Second Empire in enacting - but also in limiting - press freedom and literary property.

Contents:

Introduction : the dawn of the information marketplace

The birth of the publisher

The battle between corporatists and liberals

Laurent-Antoine Pagnerre and the publishing coterie

The Cercle de la librairie

Louis Hachette and the defense of the publisher

The divorce between state and market

Epilogue : the effects of liberalization.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674053984

0674053982

OCLC:

648757422