Fyfe, Aileen, Steam-powered knowledge , 2012
- Title(s):
- Steam-powered knowledge : William Chambers and the business of publishing, 1820-1860 / Aileen Fyfe.
- Published/Created:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 313 pages : ill ; 24 cm
- Holdings:
- Reference LibraryZ325.C44 F94 2012 (LC)Accessible in the Reference Library [Hours]
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- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/10428854
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject Terms:
- Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.Chambers, Robert, 1802–1871.Chambers, William, 1800–1883.George Routledge and Sons -- History.Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.Railroads -- Economic aspects.William and Robert Chambers -- History.
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- Introduction: the flood of cheap print
- W. & R. Chambers and the market for print
- Organizing a proper system of publishing
- Industrial book production
- Reaching a national market
- Production and steam power
- New formats for information
- Reaching an overseas market
- A modern printing establishment
- Railways and competition
- The coming of the railways
- Centralizing business in Edinburgh
- Routledge and the new competition
- Railway bookstalls
- Instruction in the railway marketplace
- The dignitaries of the trade take on Routledge
- Steamships and transatlantic business
- Transatlantic opportunities
- Getting to know the American market
- The dissemination of cheap instruction
- A new spirit of engagement
- Building relationships with Boston and Philadelphia
- Piracy and shipwreck!
- Epilogue.