The industrial book, 1840-1880 / edited by Scott E. Casper ... [and others].

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:History of the book in America ; v. 3.
Other Authors: Casper, Scott E.
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society by the University of North Carolina Press, [2007], ©2007.
Series:History of the book in America ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Book industries and trade > United States > History > 19th century.
Publishers and publishing > United States > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > United States > History > 19th century.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents only - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xix, 539 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Manufacturing and book production
  • Labor and labor organization
  • Authors and literary authorship
  • The national book trade system
  • The role of government
  • Alternative publishing systems
  • Periodicals and serial publication
  • Ideologies and practices of reading
  • Sites of reading
  • Cultures of print
  • Alternative communication practices and the industrial book.