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Kniha Steam-powered Knowledge Aileen Fyfe

Steam-powered Knowledge

William Chambers and the Business of Publishing, 1820-1860

Autor: Aileen Fyfe
Jazyk: Angličtina
Väzba: Pevná
Vydavateľ: The University of Chicago Press
Dostupnosť: Skladom u dodávateľa v malom množstve
Odosielame za 13-18 dní
72.09 €
With the overwhelming amount of new information that bombards us each day, it is perhaps difficult t...

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Autor
Aileen Fyfe
Jazyk
Angličtina
Väzba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydalo
2012
Stránok
336
EAN
9780226276519
ISBN
0226276511
Enbook ID
04544949
Vydavateľ
The University of Chicago Press
Hmotnosť
598
Rozmery
155 x 235 x 24

Kompletný popis

With the overwhelming amount of new information that bombards us each day, it is perhaps difficult to imagine a time when the widespread availability of the printed word was a novelty. In early nineteenth-century Britain, print was not novel - Gutenberg's printing press had been around for nearly four centuries - but printed matter was still a rare and relatively expensive luxury. All this changed, however, as publishers began employing new technologies to astounding effect, producing cheap instructive texts and revolutionizing how knowledge was disseminated to the masses. In "Steam-Powered Knowledge", Aileen Fyfe explores the activities of William Chambers and the W. & R. Chambers publishing firm during its formative years, documenting for the first time how new technologies - not just in communication, but also in transportation - were integrated into existing business systems. Fyfe follows Chambers' journey from small-time bookseller and self-trained hand-press printer to wealthy and successful publisher of popular educational books on both sides of the Atlantic, demonstrating along the way the profound effects of his and his fellow publishers' willingness, or unwillingness, to incorporate these innovations into their businesses.

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