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An empire of print : the New York publishing trade in the early American republic / Steven Carl Smith.
LIBRA Z478.6.N5 S64 2017
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Steven Carl, 1981- author.
- Series:
- Penn State series in the history of the book
- The Penn State series in the history of the book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Book industries and trade--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.
- Book industries and trade--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.
- Book industries and trade.
- Publishers and publishing.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 244 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- "Traces the evolution of New York's publishing trade from the end of the American Revolution to the Age of Jackson. Explores the gradual development of local, regional, and national distribution networks in the early republic"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the pertinent details
- Samuel Loudon and the building of the Empire State in print
- William Gordon, print culture, and the politics of history
- John Ward Fenno's bookshop politics
- Literary fairs and national ambitions
- Evert Duyckinck and the national book trade
- Afterword : print and memory in an age of change.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271078519
- 0271078510
- OCLC:
- 964292172
- Publisher Number:
- 40027329076
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