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Lost illusions : the politics of publishing in nineteenth-century France /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haynes, Christine
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Series:Harvard historical studies ; v. 167.
Subjects:
Publishers and publishing > Political aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Book industries and trade > France > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the dawn of the information marketplace
  • The birth of the publisher
  • The battle between corporatists and liberals
  • Laurent-Antoine Pagnerre and the publishing coterie
  • The Cercle de la librairie
  • Louis Hachette and the defense of the publisher
  • The divorce between state and market
  • Epilogue : the effects of liberalization.