A history of British publishing /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, [1991] |
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| Retention: | Retained for Eastern Academic Scholars' Trust (EAST) http://eastlibraries.org/retained-materials |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction The Book Trade Before Printing
- Part 1. The Press in Chains 1476-1695
- 1. The Book Revolution
- 2. Books in the Marketplace
- 3. The Foundation of an Industry
- 4. A Taste of Freedom
- 5. The Licensed Press
- Part 2. Licence and Liberty 1695-1800
- 6. Response to Freedom
- 7. The Trade and the Law
- 8. The Expanding Trade
- 9. Periodicals and Part Books
- 10. Publishers and Booksellers
- Part 3. The First of the Mass Media 1800-1900
- 11. The Book Trade and the Industrial Revolution
- 12. The Organisation of the Trade in the Nineteenth Century
- 13. The Age of the Novel
- 14. The Diffusion of Knowledge
- 15. The Publishers and the Authors
- Part 4. The Trade in the Twentieth Century
- 16. The Customs of the Trade
- 17. Old Ways and New Directions
- 18. Allen Lane's Idea
- 19. The Trade in War and Peace
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index