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Prior to the Civil War, publishing in America underwent a transformation from a genteel artisan trade supported by civic patronage and religious groups to a thr

Volume Two of A History of the Book in America documents the development of a distinctive culture of print in the new American republic. Between 1790 and 1840 p

An authoritative and lively account of the development of the genre, by leading experts in the field.

A new look at the "eccentric author" figure in early nineteenth-century America

The five volumes in A History of the Book in America offer a sweeping chronicle of our country's print production and culture from colonial times to the end of