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Title:

An extensive republic : print, culture, and society in the new nation, 1790-1840 / edited by Robert A. Gross and Mary Kelley.

Publisher:

Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society by the University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xix, 697 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Book industries and trade--United States--History--19th century.
Publishers and publishing--United States--History--19th century.
Books and reading--United States--History--19th century.
Printing--History--United States--History--19th century.

Other Authors:

Gross, Robert A., 1945-
Kelley, Mary, 1943-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The revolution's legacy for the history of the book / Richard D. Brown -- The book trades in the new nation / James N. Green ... [et al.] -- Government and law / John L. Brooke ... [et al.] -- Benevolent books : printing, religion, and reform / David Paul Nord -- The learned world / David S. Shields -- Libraries and schools / Kenneth E. Carpenter ... [et al.] -- Men writing in the early republic / David Leverenz -- Women writing in the early republic / Joanne Dobson and Sandra A. Zagarell -- Periodical press : newspapers, magazines, and reviews / Andie Tucher ... [et al.] -- Word and image / Georgia B. Barnhill ... [et al.] -- Making communities in print / A. Gregg Roeber, Grey Gundaker, Barry F. O'Connell -- Reading for an extensive republic / Robert A. Gross.

Series:

A history of the book in America ; v. 2.

ISBN:

0807833398 (alk. paper)
9780807833391 (alk. paper)

LCCN:

2009052183

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)