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(2012)
Steam-powered knowledge
William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860
by Aileen Fyfe
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William and Robert Chambers, Economic aspects, Publishers and publishing, Railroads, George Routledge and Sons, Booksellers and bookselling, History, Chambers, robert, 1802-1871, Publishers and publishing, great britain, Booksellers and bookselling, historyPlaces
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Steam-powered knowledge: William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860
2012, The University of Chicago Press
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-301) and index.
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