An empire of print : the New York publishing trade in the early American republic / Steven Carl Smith.

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):

Book industries and trade--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Book industries and trade.

Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.

Publishers and publishing.

Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York--History--19th century.

Book industries and trade--New York (State)--New York--History--18th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 244 pages )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : 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:

Front matter

Contents

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

A Note on Citing Newspapers

Introduction: The Pertinent Details

1 Samuel Loudon and the Building of the Empire State in Print

2 William Gordon, Print Culture, and the Politics of History

3 John Ward Fenno’s Bookshop Politics

4 Literary Fairs and National Ambitions

5 Evert Duyckinck and the National Book Trade

Afterword: Print and Memory in an Age of Change

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271079905

0271079908

9780271079929

0271079924

OCLC:

1080551763