An extensive republic : print, culture, and society in the new nation, 1790-1840

Publication Data

• Title An extensive republic : print, culture, and society in the new nation, 1790-1840
• Contributors Robert A. Gross, Mary Kelley, American Antiquarian Society
• Publisher the University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Chapel Hill
• Language English

Contents

The revolution's legacy for the history of the book / Richard D. Brown
The book trades in the new nation / James N. Green ... [et al.]
Government and law / John L. Brooke ... [et al.]
Benevolent books : printing, religion, and reform / David Paul Nord
The learned world / David S. Shields
Libraries and schools / Kenneth E. Carpenter ... [et al.]
Men writing in the early republic / David Leverenz
Women writing in the early republic / Joanne Dobson and Sandra A. Zagarell
Periodical press : newspapers, magazines, and reviews / Andie Tucher ... [et al.]
Word and image / Georgia B. Barnhill ... [et al.]
Making communities in print / A. Gregg Roeber, Grey Gundaker, Barry F. O'Connell
Reading for an extensive republic / Robert A. Gross.

Topics

• Book industries and trade :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• Publishers and publishing :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• Books and reading :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• Printing :: Social aspects :: United States :: History :: 19th century

An extensive republic : print, culture, and society in the new nation, 1790-1840. ISBN 9780807833391. Published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.