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The Enlightenment & the book : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America
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- Creator
- Richard B. Sher
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006
- Physical Details
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- xxvi, 815 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1281966479, 0226752542, 6611966471, 9780226752549, 9786611966478, 9780226752525, 9781281966476, 0226752526
- OCLC
- on1055417122, ocn309913514, ocm69423162, ocn476229474
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [709]-755) and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Scottish literature -- Publishing.
- English literature -- Scottish authors -- Publishing.
- Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
- Publishers and publishing -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century.
- Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
- Authors and publishers -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
- Scottish literature -- Appreciation.
- English literature -- Scottish authors -- Appreciation.
- Authors, Scottish -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
- Enlightenment -- Scotland.