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Steam-powered knowledge : William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860
- Title
- Steam-powered knowledge : William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860 / Aileen Fyfe.
- Author
- Fyfe, Aileen.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 12-2726 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 313 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: the flood of cheap print -- W. & R. Chambers and the market for print -- Organizing a proper system of publishing -- Industrial book production -- Reaching a national market -- Production and steam power -- New formats for information -- Reaching an overseas market -- A modern printing establishment -- Railways and competition -- The coming of the railways -- Centralizing business in Edinburgh -- Routledge and the new competition -- Railway bookstalls -- Instruction in the railway marketplace -- The dignitaries of the trade take on Routledge -- Steamships and transatlantic business -- Transatlantic opportunities -- Getting to know the American market -- The dissemination of cheap instruction -- A new spirit of engagement -- Building relationships with Boston and Philadelphia -- Piracy and shipwreck! -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 12-2726
- ISBN
- 9780226276519 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- 0226276511 (cloth : alkaline paper)
- LCCN
- 2011029615
- OCLC
- YBP 2011029615
- Author
- Fyfe, Aileen.
- Title
- Steam-powered knowledge : William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860 / Aileen Fyfe.
- Imprint
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 12-2726