Legal publishing in antebellum America / M.H. Hoeflich.

"Legal Publishing in Antebellum America presents a history of the law book publishing and distribution industry in the United States. Part business history, part legal history, part history of information diffusion, M. H. Hoeflich shows how various developments in printing and bookbinding, the intro...

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Main Author: Hoeflich, Michael H.
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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Physical Description:xiv, 190 pages
Format: Book

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