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The Enlightenment & the book : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America Richard B. Sher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Z 326 .S54 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sher, Richard B., 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scottish literature--18th century--Publishing.
- Scottish literature.
- English literature--Scottish authors--Publishing.
- English literature.
- Publishers and publishing--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Publishers and publishing.
- Publishers and publishing--Ireland--History--18th century.
- Publishers and publishing--United States--History--18th century.
- Authors and publishers--Scotland--History--18th century.
- Authors and publishers.
- Scottish literature--18th century--Appreciation.
- English literature--Scottish authors--Appreciation.
- Authors, Scottish--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Authors, Scottish.
- Enlightenment--Scotland.
- Enlightenment.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 815 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Enlightenment and the book
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.
- Contents:
- Composing the Scottish Enlightenment
- Identity and diversity among Scottish authors
- The rewards of authorship
- Forging the London-Edinburgh publishing axis
- The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publishing
- The achievement of William Creech
- The rise and fall of Irish reprinting
- Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784
- A more extensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [709]-755) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Balch Ethnic Studies Collection.
- ISBN:
- 0226752526 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780226752525 (cloth : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 69423162
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