A collection of primary source materials and original essays, "Perspectives on American Book History" is the first text designed for the growing number of courses in American print culture, as well as a unique supplement for courses in American literature and history. It seeks to fill the void that has developed as the expanding history of the book has moved out of the archive and scholarly journal and into the classroom. The volume includes an introductory essay by Robert A. Gross, chair of the program in the history of the book at the American Antiquarian Society, fourteen chapters composed of primary artifacts and original essays by rising scholars in the field, and an annotated bibliography of research sources. Chapters trace topics in American print culture from Puritan New England to the future of newspapers in a digital age. The artifacts and documents, most of which have never before been anthologized, include excerpts from readers' diaries, accounts of the printing and publishing trades, materials from the alternative press, commentaries on authorship and reading, and visual images. The essays place these primary source materials in their historical, literary, and political contexts and model the ways students might approach them. The volume is accompanied by a CD-ROM image archive, which includes nearly 200 digital images, captioned and keyed to the different chapters. Easily read with standard browsers, the CD-ROM allows access to otherwise scarce materials and vividly assists students in learning how book history is hands-on history. In addition to the editors and Robert A. Gross, the contributors are Nancy Cook, Patricia Crain, Ann Fabian, Alice Fahs, Ellen Gruber Garvey, Jen A. Huntley-Smith, Charles Johanningsmeier, Jill Lepore, Russell L. Martin, Trysh Travis, Glenn Wallach, and Susan S. Williams.
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An intellectually compelling work, it commands the field of American print history...with expert knowledge. Most important, it is teachable. -- Ezra Greenspan, coeditor of the annual "Book History"
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A fine introduction to print culture in America, accompanied by a CD-ROM image archive. Published in association with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress and the American Antiquarian Society.
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This review is from: Perspectives on American Book History: Artifacts and Commentary (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book series) (Hardcover)
This is a book whose time has come! Never before has such an interesting set of essays on American print culture been collected in one place. It was a stroke of genius to supplement it with a CD-ROM. In this way the book in itself is a testament to the amazing journeys American print culture has taken!The editors have done a terrific job of ensuring readability and compatibility throughout the essays included here. At [money], it's not exactly a steal, but still worth every penny. Destined to become the benchmark against which all other books on the topic are measured.
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TEXTBOOKS have been a staple of American publishing ever since the late 1680s, when a Boston bookseller named Benjamin Harris issued The New-England Primer to inculcate literacy and piety in Puritan children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, New England, Mark Twain, American Antiquarian Society, San Francisco, Benjamin Franklin, Oxford University Press, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, African American, Yale University Press, Harvard University Press, New Haven, Washington Post, Houghton Mifflin, South Carolina, American Revolution, Atlantic Monthly, Cambridge University Press, Gilded Age, North America, University of Chicago Press, Book-of-the-Month Club, Greenwood Press New!
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TEXTBOOKS have been a staple of American publishing ever since the late 1680s, when a Boston bookseller named Benjamin Harris issued The New-England Primer to inculcate literacy and piety in Puritan children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, New England, Mark Twain, American Antiquarian Society, San Francisco, Benjamin Franklin, Oxford University Press, Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Press, African American, Yale University Press, Harvard University Press, New Haven, Washington Post, Houghton Mifflin, South Carolina, American Revolution, Atlantic Monthly, Cambridge University Press, Gilded Age, North America, University of Chicago Press, Book-of-the-Month Club, Greenwood Press New!
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- Old Books and New Histories: An Orientation to Studies in Book and Print Culture by Leslie Howsam in Back Matter
- What A Book Can Do: The Publication and Reception of Silent Spring (Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book) by Priscilla Coit Murphy in Back Matter
- William Dunlap And The Construction Of An American Art History by Maura Lyons in Front Matter
- Bookmaking: Editing, Design, Production, Third Edition by Marshall Lee in Back Matter
- Faith in Reading: Religious Publishing and the Birth of Mass Media in America (Religion in America) by David Paul Nord in Back Matter
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