Legal Publishing in Antebellum America

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2010
Author
Author: M.F. Hoeflich
Language
English
Number of Pages
208 pp.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
City
New York, NY
Region
United States
Chronological Period
1800-1849
18th century
ISBN
9780521192064
Annotation

Contents: 

  • Bookish profession
  • Birth of the law book trade
  • Spreading the word: catalogues and cultivation
  • Bidding for law books
  • Risk, subscriptions, and status
  • John Livingston, esq.: law bookseller as cultural entrepreneur
  • Selling the law in antebellum America
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