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Author:

DeMarco, Eileen S., 1967-

Title:

Reading and riding : Hachette's railroad bookstore network in nineteenth-century France / Eileen S. DeMarco.

Publisher:

Lehigh University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

172 p., [4] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Hachette (Firm)--History--19th century.
Booksellers and bookselling--France--History--19th century.
Book industries and trade--France--History--19th century.
Bookstores--France--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-152) and index.

Contents:

Origin of the network (1826-1852) -- Development of the network (1852-1870) -- The supervisors -- The suppliers, the operators, and the consumers -- The monopoly under fire : losing the battle, winning the war (1870-1914).

ISBN:

9780934223836
0934223831

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60835433

LCCN:

2005019146

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)