The book trade historically tended to operate in a spirit of co-operation as well as competition. Networks between printers, publishers, booksellers and related trades existed at local, regional, national and international levels and were a vital part of the business of books for several centuries. This collection of essays examines many aspects of the history of book-trade networks, in response to the recent 'spatial turn' in history and other disciplines. Contributors come from various backgrounds including history, sociology, business studies and English literature. The essays in Part One introduce the relevance to book-trade history of network theory and techniques, while Part Two is a series of case studies ranging chronologically from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Topics include the movement of early medieval manuscript books, the publication of Shakespeare, the distribution of seventeenth-century political pamphlets in Utrecht and Exeter, book-trade networks before 1750 in the English East Midlands, the itinerant book trade in northern France in the late eighteenth century, how an Australian newspaper helped to create the Scottish public sphere, the networks of the Belgian publisher Murquardt, and transatlantic radical book-trade networks in the early twentieth century.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis LTD
ISBN-13
9780367188443
eBay Product ID (ePID)
9046539750
Product Key Features
Author
John Hinks, Catherine Feely
Publication Name
Historical Networks in the Book Trade
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Journalism, History
Publication Year
2019
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
212 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229 mm
Item Width
152 mm
Item Weight
454 g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Catherine Feely, John Hinks
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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