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001 2011029615
003 DLC
005 20120426100722.0
008 110713s2012 ilua b 001 0 eng c
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050 00 $aZ325.C44$bF94 2012
082 00 $a070.5094109/034$223
100 1 $aFyfe, Aileen.
245 10 $aSteam-powered knowledge :$bWilliam Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860 /$cAileen Fyfe.
260 $aChicago :$bThe University of Chicago Press,$c2012.
300 $axvi, 313 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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 $aWilliam and Robert Chambers$xHistory.
600 10 $aChambers, William,$d1800-1883.
600 10 $aChambers, Robert,$d1802-1871.
650 0 $aPublishers and publishing$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aBooksellers and bookselling$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aRailroads$xEconomic aspects.
610 20 $aGeorge Routledge and Sons$xHistory.