A History of the Book in America: Volume 2: An Extensive Republic: Print, Culture, and Society in the New Nation, 1790-1840

by Mary Kelley (Series Editor), Mary Kelley (Series Editor), Robert A. Gross (Editor)

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  Illustrated
  2014

  $65.56

  Volume two of A History of the Book in America documents the development of a distinctive culture of print in the new American republic. Between 1790 and 1840 printing and publishing expanded, and literate publics provided a ready market for novels, almanacs, newspapers, tracts, and periodicals.