The Enlightenment & the book : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America

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

Author/creator	Sher, Richard B., 1948-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.
Description	xxvi, 815 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Scottish literature--18th century --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--18th century --Appreciation. English literature--Scottish authors --Appreciation. Authors, Scottish--Intellectual life --18th century. Enlightenment--Scotland.

Variant title	Enlightenment and the book
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [709]-755) and index.
LCCN	2006015667
ISBN	0226752526 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780226752525

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	Z326 .S54 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold