A history of the book in America. Volume 2, An extensive republic : print, culture, and society in the new nation, 1790-1840 / edited by Robert A. Gross and Mary Kelley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gross, Robert A., 1945- editor.

Kelley, Mary, 1943- editor.

Series:

History of the book in America ; Volume 2.

History of the Book in America ; Volume 2

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.

Printing--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.

Printing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (720 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society by the University of North Carolina Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Volume Two of A History of the Book in America documents the development of a distinctive culture of print in the new American republic. Between 1790 and 1840 printing and publishing expanded, and literate publics provided a ready market for novels, almanacs, newspapers, tracts, and periodicals. Government, business, and reform drove the dissemination of print. Through laws and subsidies, state and federal authorities promoted an informed citizenry. Entrepreneurs responded to rising demand by investing in new technologies and altering the conduct of publishing. Voluntary societies launched libraries, lyceums, and schools, and relied on print to spread religion, redeem morals, and advance benevolent goals. Out of all this ferment emerged new and diverse communities of citizens linked together in a decentralized print culture where citizenship meant literacy and print meant power. Yet in a diverse and far-flung nation, regional differences persisted, and older forms of oral and handwritten communication offered alternatives to print. The early republic was a world of mixed media. Contributors: Elizabeth Barnes, College of William and Mary Georgia B. Barnhill, American Antiquarian Society John L. Brooke, The Ohio State University Dona Brown, University of Vermont Richard D. Brown, University of Connecticut Kenneth E. Carpenter, Harvard University Libraries Scott E. Casper, University of Nevada, Reno Mary Kupiec Cayton, Miami University Joanne Dobson, Brewster, New York James N. Green, Library Company of Philadelphia Dean Grodzins, Massachusetts Historical Society Robert A. Gross, University of Connecticut Grey Gundaker, College of William and Mary Leon Jackson, University of South Carolina Richard R. John, Columbia University Mary Kelley, University of Michigan Jack Larkin, Clark University David Leverenz, University of Florida Meredith L. McGill, Rutgers University Charles Monaghan, Charlottesville, Virginia E. Jennifer Monaghan, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York Gerald F. Moran, University of Michigan-Dearborn Karen Nipps, Harvard University David Paul Nord, Indiana University Barry O'Connell, Amherst College Jeffrey L. Pasley, University of Missouri-Columbia William S. Pretzer, Central Michigan University A. Gregg Roeber, Pennsylvania State University David S. Shields, University of South Carolina Andie Tucher, Columbia University Maris A. Vinovskis, University of Michigan Sandra A. Zagarell, Oberlin College

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Editors' and Authors' Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: An Extensive Republic""; ""Section I. A Republic in Print: Ideologies and Institutions""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 1 The Revolution's Legacy for the History of the Book""; ""CHAPTER 2 The Book Trades in the New Nation ""; ""Part 1. The Rise of Book Publishing""; ""Part 2. Case Study: Harper & Brothers""; ""Part 3. Case Study: Urban Printing""; ""Part 4. "Printing is something every village has in it": Rural Printing and Publishing""; ""Part 5. "Of the paper cap and inky apron": Journeymen Printers""

""Section II. Spreading the Word in Print""""Introduction""; ""CHATPER 3 Government and Law ""; ""Part 1. Print and Politics""; ""Part 2. Have Pen, Will Travel: The Times and Life of John Norvell, Political Journalist""; ""Part 3. Copyright""; ""Part 4. Expanding the Realm of Communications""; ""CHAPTER 4 Benevolent Books: Printing, Religion, and Reform""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Learned World""; ""Section III. Educating the Citizenry""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 6 Libraries and Schools""; ""Part 1. Libraries""; ""Part 2. Schools""; ""Part 3. Schoolbooks""; ""Part 4. Colleges and Print Culture""

""Part 5. Female Academies and Seminaries and Print Culture""""Section IV. Gendering Authorship and Audiences""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 7 Men Writing in the Early Republic""; ""CHAPTER 8 Women Writing in the Early Republic""; ""Section V. Genres of Print""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 9 Periodical Press: Newspapers, Magazines, and Reviews""; ""Part 1. Newspapers and Periodicals""; ""Part 2. Harriet Newell's Story: Women, the Evangelical Press, and the Foreign Mission Movement""; ""Part 3. Making Friends at the Southern Literary Messenger""; ""CHAPTER 10 Word and Image""

""Part 1. Transformations in Pictorial Printing""""Part 2. Novels""; ""Part 3. Travel Books""; ""Part 4. Biography""; ""Section VI. New Reading and Writing Publics""; ""Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 11 Making Communities in Print""; ""Part 1. Readers and Writers of German""; ""Part 2. Give Me a Sign: African Americans, Print, and Practice""; ""Part 3. Literacy and Colonization: The Case of the Cherokees""; ""CHAPTER 12 Reading for an Extensive Republic""; ""Bibliography and the AAS Catalog: A Note on Tables""; ""Notes""; ""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:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908824-5-5

0-8078-9568-7

1-4696-2719-1

OCLC:

966902907