The Enlightenment & the book [electronic resource] : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America / Richard B. Sher.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.Description: xxvi, 815 p. : ill. ; 24 cmOther title:
  • Enlightenment and the book
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Contents:
Composing the Scottish Enlightenment -- Identity and diversity among Scottish authors -- The rewards of authorship -- Forging the London-Edinburgh publishing axis -- The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publishing -- The achievement of William Creech -- The rise and fall of Irish reprinting -- Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784 -- A more extensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [709]-755) and index.

Composing the Scottish Enlightenment -- Identity and diversity among Scottish authors -- The rewards of authorship -- Forging the London-Edinburgh publishing axis -- The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publishing -- The achievement of William Creech -- The rise and fall of Irish reprinting -- Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784 -- A more extensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, MPublishing, 2012. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.