Popular history and the literary marketplace, 1840-1920
Auteur :
Pfitzer, Gregory M.
Éditeur :
University of Massachusetts Press
ISBN :
9781558496255
Date de publication :
6 févr. 2008
Dimensions :
23,1 x 16,0 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
673 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores how the emergence of a new literary marketplace in the mid-nineteenth century affected the study of history in America. In an effort to illuminate the cultural conditions for this boom, this book focuses on the business of book making and book promotion. It analyzes the subscription sales techniques of book agents.