
Enlightenment and the Book
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- Toward a Book History of the Scottish Enlightenment
- Designs and Disclaimers
- Part I. Scottish Authors in a World of Books
- 1. Composing the Scottish Enlightenment
- Progress through Print
- Building a Database of Scottish Enlightenment Authors and Books
- 2. Identity and Diversity among Scottish Authors
- The Social Contexts of Authorship
- Unity and Representation
- 3. The Rewards of Authorship
- Patrons, Publishers, and Places
- Copy Money and Its Uses
- Part II. Publishing the Scottish Enlightenment in London and Edinburgh
- 4. Forging the London- Edinburgh Publishing Axis
- The Framework of Collaborative Publishing
- The Founding Publishers and Their Firms
- 5. The Heyday of Scottish Enlightenment Publishing
- The House of Strahan and Cadell
- Successors and Rivals
- 6. The Achievement of William Creech
- The Career of a Bookseller
- The Reputation of a Bookseller
- Part III. Reprinting the Scottish Enlightenment in Dublin and Philadelphia
- 7. The Rise and Fall of Irish Reprinting
- Publishers or Pirates?
- In the Company of Dublin Booksellers
- 8. Making Scottish Books in America, 1770- 1784
- The Scottish Enlightenment and the American Book Trade
- The Emergence of Scottish Enlightenment Reprinting in America
- 9. "A More Extensive Diffusion of Useful Knowledge": Philadelphia, 1784- 1800
- Atlantic Crossings: Carey, Dobson, Young, and Campbell
- Immigrant Booksellers and Scotch Learning
- Conclusion
- The Disintegration of the London- Edinburgh Publishing Axis
- The Pattern of Scottish Enlightenment Book History
- Appendix: Tables
- 1. Scottish Enlightenment Authors, 1746- 1800
- 2. British, Irish, and American First Editions of Scottish Enlightenment Books, 1746- 1800
- Index of Publishers in Table 2
- 3. Subjects and Formats of First British Editions of Scottish Enlightenment Books
- 4. Popularity of British Editions of Scottish Enlightenment Books
- 5. Principal Publishers of New Scottish Enlightenment Books
- 6. Principal Publishers of Dublin First Editions of Scottish Enlightenment Books
- 7. Printing Account of Thomas Cadell, Sr., in the Strahan Archive,1793- 1798
- Bibliography
- Index
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