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1047370
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b801740
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| Main Entry
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Zboray, Ronald J.
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| Title & Author
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A fictive people : : antebellum economic development and the American reading public /\ Ronald J. Zboray.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1993.
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1 online resource (xxii, 326 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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019507582X
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: 0195344901
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: 1280526238
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: 1429401036
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: 9780195075823
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: 9780195344905
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: 9781280526237
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: 9781429401036
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019507582X
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-304) and index.
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| Contents
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Reading and the ironies of technological innovation -- The publisher's market -- The book peddler and literary dissemination -- The transportation revolution and book distribution -- The railroad, the community, and the book -- Family, church, and academy -- The common school and other institutions -- The letter and the reading public -- Numeracy, the news, and self-culture -- The interior organization of a bookstore -- Gender and boundlessness in reading patterns -- Time, space, and chaos.
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| Abstract
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This text aims to explode two notions that are commonplace in American cultural histories of the 19th century: that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and that there was a body of 19th-century literature that reflected "a nation of readers."
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American literature-- Appreciation-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Book industries and trade-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Books and reading-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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National characteristics, American.
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Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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American literature-- Appreciation.
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Book industries and trade.
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Books and reading.
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Economic history.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- Books Reading.
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National characteristics, American.
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Popular culture.
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Boekwezen.
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Leesgewoonten.
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United States, Economic conditions, To 1865.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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028/.9/097309034
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| LC Classification
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Z1003.2.Z26 1993eb
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| NLM classification
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06.20bcl
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