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Könyv Steam-powered Knowledge Aileen Fyfe

Steam-powered Knowledge

William Chambers and the Business of Publishing, 1820-1860

Szerző: Aileen Fyfe
Nyelv: Angol
Kötés: Kemény kötésű
Kiadó: The University of Chicago Press
Elérhetőség: Utánnyomás
Megjelenés ismeretlen
26 330 Ft
With the overwhelming amount of new information that bombards us each day, it is perhaps difficult t...

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Szerző
Aileen Fyfe
Nyelv
Angol
Kötés
Könyv - Kemény kötésű
Kiadva
2012
oldal
336
EAN
9780226276519
ISBN
0226276511
Enbook ID
04544949
Kiadó
The University of Chicago Press
Súly
598
Méretek
155 x 235 x 24

Teljes leírás

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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