A history of the book in Americaedited by David Paul Nord, Joan Shelley Rubin, and Michael Schudson.
Enduring book : print culture in postwar America
- Chapel Hill, : Published in association with the American Antiquarian Society by the University of North Carolina Press, (c)2009.
- 1 online resource (5 volumes) : illustrations, maps.
Includes bibliographies and index.
volume 1. The colonial book in the Atlantic world -- volume 2.An extensive republic: print, culture, and society in the new nation, 1790-1840 -- volume 3.The industrial book, 1840-1880 -- volume 4. Print in motion: the expansion of publishing and reading in the United States, 1880-1940 -- volume 5.The enduring book: print culture in postwar America.
V. 1. The colonial book in the Atlantic world: This book carries the interrelated stories of publishing, writing, and reading from the beginning of the colonial period in America up to 1790. volume 2 An Extensive Republic: This volume documents the development of a distinctive culture of print in the new American republic. volume 3. The industrial book 1840-1880: This volume covers the creation, distribution, and uses of print and books in the mid-nineteenth century, when a truly national book trade emerged. volume 4. Print in Motion: In a period characterized by expanding markets, national consolidation, and social upheaval, print culture picked up momentum as the nineteenth century turned into the twentieth. volume 5. The Enduring Book: This volume addresses the economic, social, and cultural shifts affecting print culture from Word War II to the present.
9781469627212
Book industries and trade--History--United States--18th century. Publishers and publishing--History--United States--18th century. Publishers and publishing--History--United States--19th century. Publishers and publishing--History--United States--20th century.