The Enlightenment & the book : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America / Richard B. Sher.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sher, Richard B., 1948-
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Scottish literature > 18th century > Publishing.
English literature > Scottish authors > Publishing.
Publishers and publishing > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Publishers and publishing > Ireland > History > 18th century.
Publishers and publishing > United States > History > 18th century.
Authors and publishers > Scotland > History > 18th century.
Scottish literature > 18th century > Appreciation.
English literature > Scottish authors > Appreciation.
Authors, Scottish > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Enlightenment > Scotland.
Physical Description:xxvi, 815 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Enlightenment and the book.
Format: Book
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.