A History of the Book in America

<p>Volume 3 of <i>A History of the Book in America</i> narrates the emergence of a national book trade in the nineteenth century as changes in manufacturing distribution and publishing conditioned and were conditioned by the evolving practices of authors and readers. Chapters trace the ascent of the “industrial book” — a manufactured product arising from the gradual adoption of new printing binding and illustration technologies and encompassing the profusion of nineteenth-century printed materials — which relied on nationwide networks of financing transportation and communication. In tandem with increasing educational opportunities and rising literacy rates the industrial book encouraged new sites of reading; gave voice to diverse communities of interest through periodicals broadsides pamphlets and other printed forms; and played a vital role in the development of American culture.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Contributors:<br/>Susan Belasco University of Nebraska<br/>Candy Gunther Brown Indiana University<br/>Kenneth E. Carpenter Newton Center Massachusetts<br/>Scott E. Casper University of Nevada Reno<br/>Jeannine Marie DeLombard University of Toronto<br/>Ann Fabian Rutgers University<br/>Jeffrey D. Groves Harvey Mudd College<br/>Paul C. Gutjahr Indiana University<br/>David D. Hall Harvard Divinity School<br/>David M. Henkin University of California Berkeley<br/>Bruce Laurie University of Massachusetts Amherst<br/>Eric Lupfer Humanities Texas<br/>Meredith L. McGill Rutgers University<br/>John Nerone University of Illinois<br/>Stephen W. Nissenbaum University of Massachusetts<br/>Lloyd Pratt Michigan State University<br/>Barbara Sicherman Trinity College<br/>Louise Stevenson Franklin & Marshall College<br/>Amy M. Thomas Montana State University<br/>Tamara Plakins Thornton State University of New York Buffalo<br/>Susan S. Williams Ohio State University<br/>Michael Winship University of Texas at Austin</p>