An edition of Steam-powered knowledge (2012)

Steam-powered knowledge

William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860

Steam-powered knowledge
Aileen Fyfe, Aileen Fyfe
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An edition of Steam-powered knowledge (2012)

Steam-powered knowledge

William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860

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Cover of: Steam-Powered Knowledge
Steam-Powered Knowledge: William Chambers and the Business of Publishing, 1820-1860
2012, University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Steam-powered knowledge
Steam-powered knowledge: William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860
2012, The University of Chicago Press
in English
Cover of: Steam-Powered Knowledge
Steam-Powered Knowledge: William Chambers and the Business of Publishing, 1820-1860
2012, University of Chicago Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Introduction: 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
070.5094109/034
Library of Congress
Z325.C44 F94 2012, Z325.C44F94 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 313 pages :
Number of pages
313

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25296981M
ISBN 10
0226276511
ISBN 13
9780226276519
LCCN
2011029615
OCLC/WorldCat
741937777

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