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Author:

Everton, Michael J.

Title:

The grand chorus of complaint : authors and the business ethics of American publishing / Michael J. Everton.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

xi, 240 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Publishers and publishing--History.--United States--History.
Authors and publishers--United States--History--19th century.
Authors and publishers--United States--History--18th century.
Book industries and trade--United States--History--19th century.
Book industries and trade--United States--History--18th century.
Copyright--United States--History--19th century.
Business ethics--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-229) and index.

Contents:

The character of the trade -- Liberty in business : the printing of Common sense -- Hannah Adams and the courtesies of authorship -- The moral vernacular of American copyright reform -- Melville in the antebellum publishing maelstrom -- The tact of Ruthless Hall.

ISBN:

0199751781 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199751785 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)664839088

LCCN:

2010036772

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)