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001 2009053585
003 DLC
005 20100627081345.0
008 091222s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009053585
020 $a9780521192064
020 $a0521192064
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn489001671
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050 00 $aZ480.L44$bH64 2010
082 00 $a070.509/033$222
100 1 $aHoeflich, Michael H.
245 10 $aLegal publishing in antebellum America /$cM.H. Hoeflich.
260 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2010.
300 $axiv, 190 p. ;$c24 cm.
520 $aLegal Publishing in Antebellum America presents a history of the law book publishing and distribution industry in the United States. Part business history, part legal history, part history of information diffusion, M. H. Hoeflich shows how various developments in printing and bookbinding, the introduction of railroads, and the expansion of mail service contributed to the growth of the industry from an essentially local industry to a national industry. Furthermore, the book ties the spread of a particular approach to law, that is, the scientific approach, championed by Northeastern American jurists to the growth of law publishing and law book selling and shows that the two were critically intertwined --Provided by publisher.
505 00 $tBookish profession --$tBirth of the law book trade --$tSpreading the word : catalogues and cultivation --$tBidding for law books --$tRisk, subscriptions, and status --$tJohn Livingston, esq. : law bookseller as cultural entrepreneur --$tSelling the law in antebellum America.
650 0 $aLegal literature$xPublishing$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
650 0 $aLegal literature$xPublishing$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2009053585-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2009053585-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2009053585-t.html