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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Makala, Jeffrey
Titre(s) : Publishing plates [Texte imprimé] : stereotyping and electrotyping in nineteenth-century US print culture / Jeffrey M. Makala
Publication : University Park, Pa. : The Pennsylvania State University Press, copyright 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (X-201 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : The Penn State series in the history of the book
Lien à la collection : The Penn State series in the history of the book
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"First realized commercially in the late eighteenth century, stereotyping--the creation
of solid printing plates cast from moveable type--fundamentally changed the way in
which books were printed. Publishing Plates chronicles the technological and cultural
shifts that resulted from the introduction of this technology in the United States.
The commissioning of plates altered shop practices, distribution methods, and even
the author-publisher relationship. Drawing on archival records, Jeffrey M. Makala
traces the first uses of stereotyping in Philadelphia in 1812, its adoption by printers
in New York and Philadelphia, and its effects on the trade. He looks closely at the
printers, typefounders, authors, and publishers who watched small, regional, artisan-based
printing traditions rapidly evolve, clearing the way for the industrialized publishing
industry that would emerge in the United States at midcentury. Through case studies
of the publisher Mathew Carey and the American Bible Society, one of the first publishers
of cheap Bibles, Makala explores the origins of the American publishing industry and
American mass media. In addition, Makala examines changes in the notion of authorship,
copyright, and language and their effects on writers and literary circles, giving
examples from the works and lives of Herman Melville, Sojourner Truth, Edgar Allan
Poe, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman, among others. Incorporating perspectives
from the fields of book history, the history of technology, material culture studies,
and American studies, this book presents a rich, detailed history of an innovation
that transformed American culture."
Sujet(s) : Carey, Mathew (1760-1839)
Stéréotypie -- États-Unis -- 19e siècle
American Bible society -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
686.2 (23e éd.) = Imprimerie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-271-09403-8 (br.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb473467694
Notice n° :
FRBNF47346769
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Table des matières : The development and spread of stereotyping in Europe and North America ; Mathew
Carey and the family Bible marketplace ; The American Bible Society and the possibilities
of large-scale printing ; Material texts: trade sales, reprinting, and the book trades
; Stereotyping in language, literature, and material culture ; Epilogue. Abraham
Hart and nineteenth-century changes in the printing trades ; Appendix A: First uses
of stereotype plates in the United States, by date and location ; Appendix B: "Directions
for repairing plates," ca. 1820 ; Appendix C: Inventory of stereotype plates belonging
to the American Bible Society, 1829.
