Publishing and Readership in Revolutionary France and America

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Publishing and Readership in Revolutionary France and America A Symposium at the Library of Congress, Sponsored by the Center for the Book and the European Division

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By Carol Armbruster

Foreword by John Y. Cole

ISBN: 0-313-28793-7

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28793-0

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240 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/1993

List Price: $112.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)

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Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Beta Phi Mu Monograph Series

Series Number: 4

Description: This volume presents a comparative framework in which to study the history of publishing and reading in Europe and North America during the eighteenth century. The chapters are written by leading French and American specialists in publishing during the pre-revolutionary and revolutionary eras. The book synthesizes current knowledge in the field and advances scholarship, particularly with respect to copyright legislation. It skillfully integrates the history of publishing during this period with the larger field of eighteenth-century intellectual and cultural history. The chapters are grouped in four sections devoted to publishing as a profession, publishing and the law, readership, and the collection and use of materials. Each broad area is addressed by both specialists from France and America to create a comparative context. The chapters address more particular topics from the perspectives of social, economic, and cultural history; literary criticism; law; and library history. The comparative framework yields new insights into the political cultures of eighteenth-century France and America and into the relationship of print media and political culture.

Table of Contents:

Introduction by Carol Armbruster
Publishing as a Profession
Printing, Books, and Revolution by Daniel Roche
The Life Cycle of a Book: A Publishing History of D'Holbach's Systéme de la Nature by Robert Darnton
A Silent Revolution: Benjamin Franklin and Print Culture by Larzer Ziff
Publishing and the Law
The Dilemmas of Republican Publishing, 1793-1799 by Carla Hesse
Government, Law, Public Opinion, and the Printed Word in Eighteenth-Century America by James Gilreath
A Tale of Two Copyrights: Literary Property in Revolutionary France and America by Jane C. Ginsburg
Reading
Book Markets and Reading in France at the End of the Old Regime by Roger Chartier
Male and Female, Words and Images in the French Revolution by Lynn Hunt
The Politics of Writing and Reading in Eighteenth-Century America by David Hall
Publication and the Public Sphere by Michael Warner
Collecting and Using Materials
The French Revolution and Books: Cultural Break, Cultural Continuity by Henri-Jean Martin
Some Eighteenth Century American Book Collectors, Their Collections, and Their Legacies by Marcus A. McCorison
Index

LC Card Number: 92-38070

LCC Class: Z305

Dewey Class: 070.5


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