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An Empire of Print

Name: An Empire of Print
Brand: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
SKU: 9780271078519
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PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESSISBN: 9780271078519

The New York Publishing Trade in the Early American Republic

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By Steven Carl Smith
Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: August 14, 2017
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Pages: 264

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Traces the evolution of New York’s publishing trade from the end of the American Revolution to the Age of Jackson. Explores the gradual development of local, regional, and national distribution networks in the early republic.

List of Tables

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Pertinent Details

Chapter 1: Samuel Loudon and the Building of the Empire State in Print

Chapter 2: William Gordon, Print Culture, and the Politics of History

Chapter 3: John Ward Fenno’s Book Shop Politics

Chapter 4: Literary Fairs and National Ambitions

Chapter 5: Evert Duyckinck and the National Book Trade

Afterword: Print and Memory in an Age of Change

Selected Bibliography

Notes

Index

“An important contribution to the history of the book and literacy in America.”

—Howard B. Rock, American Historical Review

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