The Enlightenment & the book : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America / Richard B. Sher.

  • Sher, Richard B., 1948-
Date:
[2006], ©2006
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2006], ©2006.

Physical description

xxvi, 815 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents

Composing the Scottish Enlightenment -- Identity and diversity among Scottish authors -- The rewards of authorship -- Forging the London-Edinburgh publishing axis -- The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publishing -- The achievement of William Creech -- The rise and fall of Irish reprinting -- Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784 -- A more extensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [709]-755) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    YHE.46.AA7
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  • 0226752526
  • 9780226752525