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Lost Illusions : The Politics of Publishing in Nineteenth-Century France.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard Historical StudiesPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (347 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674053984
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lost IllusionsDDC classification:
  • 070.50944/09034
LOC classification:
  • Z305
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Dawn of the Information Marketplace -- 1 The Birth of the Publisher -- 2 The Battle between Corporatists and Liberals -- 3 Laurent-Antoine Pagnerre and the Publishing Coterie -- 4 The Cercle de la Librairie -- 5 Louis Hachette and the Defense of the Publisher -- 6 The Divorce between State and Market -- Epilogue: The Effects of Liberalization -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Linking the study of business and politics, Haynes reconstructs the passionate and protracted debate over the development of the book trade in nineteenth-century France. In tracing the contest over literary production in France, Haynes emphasizes the role of the Second Empire in enacting--but also in limiting--press freedom and literary property.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Dawn of the Information Marketplace -- 1 The Birth of the Publisher -- 2 The Battle between Corporatists and Liberals -- 3 Laurent-Antoine Pagnerre and the Publishing Coterie -- 4 The Cercle de la Librairie -- 5 Louis Hachette and the Defense of the Publisher -- 6 The Divorce between State and Market -- Epilogue: The Effects of Liberalization -- Notes -- Index.

Linking the study of business and politics, Haynes reconstructs the passionate and protracted debate over the development of the book trade in nineteenth-century France. In tracing the contest over literary production in France, Haynes emphasizes the role of the Second Empire in enacting--but also in limiting--press freedom and literary property.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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