Legal publishing in antebellum America [electronic resource] / M.H. Hoeflich.

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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 introd...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hoeflich, Michael H.
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Legal literature > Publishing > United States > History > 18th century. Legal literature > Publishing > United States > History > 19th century.
Online Access:	ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2010 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Bookish profession
Birth of the law book trade
Spreading the word : catalogues and cultivation
Bidding for law books
Risk, subscriptions, and status
John Livingston, esq. : law bookseller as cultural entrepreneur
Selling the law in antebellum America.