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1695–1830

Series The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain, Volume 5

Edited by Michael F. Suarez S. J. and Michael Turner

Publication Date 2009

Hardback ISBN-10
0521810175

Hardback ISBN-13
9780521810173

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521810173

Overview

This volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identity, on education and the dissemination of practical knowledge. Written by a distinguished international team of experts, this study examines print culture from all angles: readers and authors, publishers and booksellers; books, newspapers and periodicals; social places and networks for reading; new genres (children's books, the novel); the growth of specialist markets; and British book exports, especially to the colonies. Interdisciplinary in its perspective, this book will be an important scholarly resource for many years to come.

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Table of Contents

Frontmatter

Introduction
by
Michael F. Suarez S. J.

THE QUANTITY AND NATURE OF PRINTED MATTER

ECONOMIC, LEGAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS

THE TECHNOLOGIES AND AESTHETICS OF BOOK PRODUCTION

THE BOOK TRADE AND ITS MARKETS

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