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02387aam a2200385 i 4500 001 25AE8998FE5E11E2B6A414D3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130806010419 008 110713s2012 ilua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2011029615 020 $a 0226276511 (cloth) 020 $a 9780226276519 (cloth) 035 $a (OCoLC)741937777 040 $a ICU/DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d UKMGB $d YDXCP $d CDX $d BDX $d BWX $d PUL $d COO $d ERASA $d YUS $d QGK $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a Z325.C44 $b F94 2012 082 00 $a 070.5094109/034 $2 23 100 1 $a Fyfe, Aileen. 245 10 $a Steam-powered knowledge : $b William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860 / $c Aileen Fyfe. 260 $a Chicago : $b The University of Chicago Press, $c 2012. 300 $a xvi, 313 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: the flood of cheap print -- W. & R. Chambers and the market for print -- Part I. 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 -- Part II. 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 -- Part III. 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. 610 20 $a William and Robert Chambers $x History. 600 10 $a Chambers, William, $d 1800-1883. 600 10 $a Chambers, Robert, $d 1802-1871. 650 0 $a Publishers and publishing $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Booksellers and bookselling $z Great Britain $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Railroads $x Economic aspects. 610 20 $a George Routledge and Sons $x History. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213023026.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826053029.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=25AE8998FE5E11E2B6A414D3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search