| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Library of the written word,
1874-4834 ;
volume 29
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Library of the written word : the handpress world ; volume 21
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Library of the written word ; 29.
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Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 21.
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| Summary |
This book studies the itinerant book trade in an English and Dutch, urban context, leading to a new perspective on the role of the pedlars as an intermediary between the established booksellers and an extensive, socially diverse reading public. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Pedlars and the Popular Press; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Illustrations and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Debates; Approach; Models of Communication; Sources; Structure; 1. Reputation and Representation; In Collaboration with Karen Bowen; Confusing Terminology; Authorities and Booksellers; A Growing Danger in England; Tolerance, Repression and Economic Interests in the Netherlands; Pedlars in the World of the Imagination: Textual Representations; Dutch Literary Representa; English Textual Representations; Pedlars in the World of Imagination: The Visual Perspective. |
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English Ballad SingersDutch Images; Pedlars and Their Self-Image; The Struggle for Life; Battling a Bad Reputation; Distributor of Respectable Goods; Conclusion: Stereotypes, Motives and Change; 2. The Pedlar in the English Distribution Network; The Scale of Itinerant Distribution; Organisation and Control; Itinerant Book Trade; Number of Pedlar Licenses; Pedlars and Hawkers with Printed Wares; Itinerant Booksellers in London; Itinerant Book Trade in the Provinces: Devon and Exeter; Categorisation and Trade Practices; Occasional Pedlars; Pedlars of Books and Other Goods. |
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Pedlars with Printed Wares ExclusivelyBallad Sellers and Singers; News Pedlars; Chapbooks, Prints, Almanacs, Children's Books and Other Printed Wares; Conclusion: Distribution Networks and Distribution Patterns in England; 3. The Pedlar in the Dutch Distribution Network; The Scale of Itinerant Distribution; Amsterdam; Leiden; Utrecht; Categorisation, Networks and Trade Practices; Occasional Pedlars; Pedlars with Books and Other Wares; Pedlars with Printed Wares Exclusively; Specialist Pedlars; Conclusion: Distribution Networks and Patterns in the Netherlands. |
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Conclusion: A Comparative Perspective on Itinerant NetworksBibliography; Archival and Manuscript Sources; Published Primary Sources; Electronic Sources and Databases; Secondary Sources; Index of Names, Places and Major Topics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Book industries and trade -- Social aspects -- England.
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Book industries and trade -- Social aspects. |
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England. |
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Book industries and trade. |
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Book industries and trade -- Social aspects -- Netherlands.
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Netherlands. |
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Book industries and trade -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Book industries and trade -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century.
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Peddling -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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Peddling. |
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Peddling -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1600-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Salman, Jeroen. Pedlars and the popular press. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014 9789004252844 (DLC) 2013031400 (OCoLC)858080464 |
| ISBN |
9789004252851 (e-book) |
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9004252851 (e-book) |
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9789004252844 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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9004252843 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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