A History of the Book in America: The enduring book, print culture in postwar America

ISBN-10
1469627213
ISBN-13
9781469627212
Series
A History of the Book in America
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
637
Language
English
Published
2009
Authors
David Paul Nord, Joan Shelley Rubin, Michael Schudson

Description

V. 1. The colonial book in the Atlantic world: This book carries the interrelated stories of publishing, writing, and reading from the beginning of the colonial period in America up to 1790. v. 2 An Extensive Republic: This volume documents the development of a distinctive culture of print in the new American republic. v. 3. The industrial book 1840-1880: This volume covers the creation, distribution, and uses of print and books in the mid-nineteenth century, when a truly national book trade emerged. v. 4. Print in Motion: In a period characterized by expanding markets, national consolidation, and social upheaval, print culture picked up momentum as the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth. v. 5. The Enduring Book: This volume addresses the economic, social, and cultural shifts affecting print culture from Word War II to the present.

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