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
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
Subject Terms:
William and Robert Chambers -- History. | Chambers, William, 1800–1883. | Chambers, Robert, 1802–1871. | Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Railroads -- Economic aspects. | George Routledge and Sons -- History.