| A History of the Book in America: Volume 1: The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World Revised Edition Contributor(s): Amory, Hugh (Editor), Hall, David D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807858269 ISBN-13: 9780807858264 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2007 Annotation: "Three major themes run through the volume: the persisting connections between the book trade in the Old World and the New; the gradual emergence of a competitive book trade in which newspapers were the largest form of production; and the institution of a "culture of the World, " organized around an essentially theological understanding of print, authorship, and reading, complemented by other frameworks of meaning that included the culture of republicanism."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Business & Economics | Industries - Media & Communications |
| Dewey: 381.450 |
| Series: History of the Book in America (University of NC) |
| Physical Information: 1.64" H x 6.28" W x 9.16" (2.26 lbs) 664 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World carries the interrelated stories of publishing, writing, and reading from the beginning of the colonial period in America up to 1790. Three major themes run through the volume: the persisting connections between the book trade in the Old World and the New, evidenced in modes of intellectual and cultural exchange and the dominance of imported, chiefly English books; the gradual emergence of a competitive book trade in which newspapers were the largest form of production; and the institution of a "culture of the Word," organized around an essentially theological understanding of print, authorship, and reading, complemented by other frameworks of meaning that included the culture of republicanism. The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World also traces the histories of literary and learned culture, censorship and "freedom of the press," and literacy and orality. Contributors: Hugh Amory Ross W. Beales, The College of the Holy Cross John Bidwell, Princeton University Library Richard D. Brown, University of Connecticut Charles E. Clark, University of New Hampshire James N. Green, Library Company of Philadelphia David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity School Russell L. Martin, Southern Methodist University E. Jennifer Monaghan, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York James Raven, University of Essex Elizabeth Carroll Reilly, Hardwick, Massachusetts A. Gregg Roeber, Pennsylvania State University David S. Shields, University of South Carolina Calhoun Winton, University of Maryland |
Contributor Bio(s): Hall, David D.: - David D. Hall is professor of American religious history at Harvard Divinity School.Amory, Hugh: - Hugh Amory (1930-2001) was Senior Rare Book Cataloger at the Houghton Library, Harvard University. |