A History of the Book in America, 5-volume Omnibus E-book

Includes all Five Volumes

Business & Finance, Business Reference, Corporate History, Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Writing & Publishing, Publishing, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book A History of the Book in America, 5-volume Omnibus E-book by , The University of North Carolina Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781469628967
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: October 8, 2015
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781469628967
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: October 8, 2015
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

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 the twentieth century. This interdisciplinary, collaborative work of scholarship examines the book trades as they have developed and spread throughout the United States; provides a history of U.S. literary cultures; investigates the practice of reading and, more broadly, the uses of literacy; and links literary culture with larger themes in American history.

Now available for the first time, this complete Omnibus ebook contains all 5 volumes of this landmark work.

Volume 1

The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World

Edited by Hugh Amory and David D. Hall

664 pp., 51 illus.

Volume 2

An Extensive Republic: Print, Culture, and Society in the New Nation, 1790-1840

Edited by Robert A. Gross and Mary Kelley

712 pp., 66 illus.

Volume 3

The Industrial Book, 1840-1880

Edited by Scott E. Casper, Jeffrey D. Groves, Stephen W. Nissenbaum, and Michael Winship

560 pp., 43 illus.

Volume 4

Print in Motion: The Expansion of Publishing and Reading in the United States, 1880-1940

Edited by Carl F. Kaestle and Janice A. Radway

688 pp., 74 illus.

Volume 5

The Enduring Book: Print Culture in Postwar America

Edited by David Paul Nord, Joan Shelley Rubin, and Michael Schudson

632 pp., 95 illus.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

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 the twentieth century. This interdisciplinary, collaborative work of scholarship examines the book trades as they have developed and spread throughout the United States; provides a history of U.S. literary cultures; investigates the practice of reading and, more broadly, the uses of literacy; and links literary culture with larger themes in American history.

Now available for the first time, this complete Omnibus ebook contains all 5 volumes of this landmark work.

Volume 1

The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World

Edited by Hugh Amory and David D. Hall

664 pp., 51 illus.

Volume 2

An Extensive Republic: Print, Culture, and Society in the New Nation, 1790-1840

Edited by Robert A. Gross and Mary Kelley

712 pp., 66 illus.

Volume 3

The Industrial Book, 1840-1880

Edited by Scott E. Casper, Jeffrey D. Groves, Stephen W. Nissenbaum, and Michael Winship

560 pp., 43 illus.

Volume 4

Print in Motion: The Expansion of Publishing and Reading in the United States, 1880-1940

Edited by Carl F. Kaestle and Janice A. Radway

688 pp., 74 illus.

Volume 5

The Enduring Book: Print Culture in Postwar America

Edited by David Paul Nord, Joan Shelley Rubin, and Michael Schudson

632 pp., 95 illus.

More books from The University of North Carolina Press

Cover of the book The Girl on the Magazine Cover by
Cover of the book Fugitives, Smugglers, and Thieves by
Cover of the book Porous Borders by
Cover of the book Nazi Empire-Building and the Holocaust in Ukraine by
Cover of the book Guardians of Empire by
Cover of the book What's Wrong with the Poor? by
Cover of the book Imagining the Middle East by
Cover of the book Retreat from Gettysburg by
Cover of the book When the Fences Come Down by
Cover of the book The Earl J. Hess Fortifications Trilogy, Omnibus E-book by
Cover of the book Hard Work Is Not Enough by
Cover of the book The Divided Path by
Cover of the book Colored Travelers by
Cover of the book The Imagined Island by
Cover of the book Nation Building in South Korea by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy