The Enlightenment & the book [electronic resource] : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & Am erica / Richard B. Sher.
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TextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.Description: xxvi, 815 p. : ill. ; 24 cmOther title: - Enlightenment and the book
- English literature -- Scottish authors -- Publishing
- Scottish literature
- Publishers and publishing -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th centur y
- Publishers and publishing -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century
- Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History -- 18th centur y
- Authors and publishers -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century
- English literature -- Scottish authors -- Appreciation
- Scottish literature -- Intellectual life
- Enlightenment -- Scotland
Includes bibliographical references (p. [709]-755) and index.
Composing the Scottish Enlightenment -- Identity and diversity among Scottish authors -- The rewards of authorship -- Forging the London-Ed inburgh publishing axis -- The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publish ing -- The achievement of William Creech -- The rise and fall of Irish reprinting -- Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784 -- A more ext ensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800.
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of a ccess: Intranet.
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