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Robert A. Gross
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Language
English
Description
Volume Two of A History of the Book in America documents the development of a distinctive culture of print in the new American republic.
Between 1790 and 1840 printing and publishing expanded, and literate publics provided a ready market for novels, almanacs, newspapers, tracts, and periodicals. Government, business, and reform drove the dissemination of print. Through laws and subsidies, state and federal authorities promoted an informed citizenry....
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Winner of the Bancroft Prize On April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began at the Old North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts. The "shot heard round the world" catapulted this sleepy New England town into the midst of revolutionary fervor, and Concord went on to become the intellectual capital of the new republic. The town-future home to Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne-soon came to symbolize devotion to liberty, intellectual freedom, and the stubborn...
Author
Pub. Date
1972
Language
English
Description
Lists materials primarily in the Special Collections of Concord Free Public Library; also includes material at the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the American Antiquarian Society, the Massachusetts State Archives and the Massachusetts State Library ([15] leaves)
Also includes photocopied typescript "Codebook for assessment lists" for the Town of Concord Assessment lists, 1826-1850 (15 leaves), and typescript "Early records of Concord"...
