A history of the book in American. Volume 3, The industrial book, 1840-1880

Volume 3 of A History of the Book in America 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. Contributors: Susan Belasco, University of Nebraska Candy Gunther Brown, Indiana University Kenneth E. Carpenter, Newton Center, Massachusetts Scott E. Casper, University of Nevada, Reno Jeannine Marie DeLombard, University of Toronto Ann Fabian, Rutgers University Jeffrey D. Groves, Harvey Mudd College Paul C. Gutjahr, Indiana University David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity School David M. Henkin, University of California, Berkeley Bruce Laurie, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Eric Lupfer, Humanities Texas Meredith L. McGill, Rutgers University John Nerone, University of Illinois Stephen W. Nissenbaum, University of Massachusetts Lloyd Pratt, Michigan State University Barbara Sicherman, Trinity College Louise Stevenson, Franklin & Marshall College Amy M. Thomas, Montana State University Tamara Plakins Thornton, State University of New York, Buffalo Susan S. Williams, Ohio State University Michael Winship, University of Texas at Austin Introduction / Scott E. Casper Chapter 1. Manufacturing and Book Production / Michael Winship Chapter 2. Labor and Labor Organization / Bruce Laurie Chapter 3. Authors and Literary Authorship / Susan S. Williams Chapter 4. The National Book Trade System Part 1. Distribution and the Trade / Michael Winship Part 2. Trade Communication / Jeffrey D. Groves Part 3. Courtesy of the Trade / Jeffrey D. Groves Part 4. The International Trade in Books / Michael Winship Chapter 5. The Role of Government Part 1. Copyright / Meredith L. McGill Part 2. The Census, the Post Office, and Governmental Publishing / Scott E. Casper Chapter 6. Alternative Publishing Systems Part 1. Diversification in American Religious Publishing / Paul C. Gutjahr Part 2. Other Variations on the Trade / Scott E. Casper Chapter 7. Periodicals and Serial Publication Introduction / Jeffrey D. Groves Part 1. Newspapers and the Public Sphere / John Nerone Part 2. The Business of American Magazines / Eric Lupfer Part 3. The Cultural Work of National Magazines / Susan Belasco Part 4. Religious Periodicals and Their Textual Communities / Candy Gunther Brown Chapter 8. Ideologies and Practices of Reading / Barbara Sicherman Chapter 9. Sites of Reading Part 1. Libraries / Kenneth E. Carpenter Part 2. Homes, Books, and Reading / Louise Stevenson Part 3. City Streets and the Urban World of Print / David M. Henkin Chapter 10. Cultures of Print Part 1. Erudition and Learned Culture / David D. Hall Part 2. African American Cultures of Print / Jeannine Marie DeLombard Part 3. Literacies, Readers, and Cultures of Print in the South / Amy M. Thomas Chapter 11. Alternative Communication Practices and the Industrial Book Part 1. Speech, Print, and Reform on Nantucket / Lloyd Pratt Part 2. Handwriting in an Age of Industrial Print / Tamara Plakins Thornton Part 3. Amateur Authorship / Ann Fabian Coda / Scott E. Casper V. 1. The Colonial Book In The Atlantic World / Edited By Hugh Amory & David D. Hall -- V. 2. An Extensive Republic : Print, Culture, And Society In The New Nation / Edited By Robert A. Gross & Mary Kelley -- V. 3. The Industrial Book, 1840-1880 / Edited By Scott E. Casper, Jeffrey D. Groves, Stephen W. Nissenbaum & Michael Winship -- V. 4. Print In Motion : Books And Reading In The United States, 1880-1945 / Edited By Carl F. Kaestle & Janice Radway -- V. 5. The Enduring Book, 1945-1995 / Edited By David Paul Nord, Joan Shelley Rubin, & Michael Schudson. Edited By Hugh Amory & David D. Hall. Originally Published In 2000 By The American Antiquarian Society And Cambridge University Press. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. This volume of A History of the Book in America covers the creation, distribution, and uses of print and books in the mid-nineteenth century, when a truly national book trade emerged. Essays examine the rise of the manufactured, bound product and the idea of the book as the quintessential product of the industrialization of both the print and papermaking trades, which depended on new nationwide networks for finance, transportation, and communication. The volume also chronicles the rise of a uniquely American print culture, as reading and writing were increasingly conceived of as essential to American citizenship, economic success, and cultural achievement. Content: Manufacturing and book production -- Labor and labor organization -- Authors and literary authorship -- The national book trade system -- The role of government -- Alternative publishing systems -- Periodicals and serial publication -- Ideologies and practices of reading -- Sites of reading -- Cultures of print -- Alternative communication practices and the industrial book.