The Enlightenment & the book Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America / [electronic resource] :
Enlightenment and the book
Richard B. Sher.
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2006.
- xxvi, 815 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [709]-755) and index.
Composing the Scottish Enlightenment -- Identity and diversity among Scottish authors -- The rewards of authorship -- Forging the London-Edinburgh publishing axis -- The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publishing -- The achievement of William Creech -- The rise and fall of Irish reprinting -- Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784 -- A more extensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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English literature--Scottish authors--Publishing. Scottish literature--Publishing.--18th century Publishers and publishing--History--Great Britain--18th century. Publishers and publishing--History--Ireland--18th century. Publishers and publishing--History--United States--18th century. Authors and publishers--History--Scotland--18th century. English literature--Scottish authors--Appreciation. Scottish literature--Appreciation.--18th century Authors, Scottish--Intellectual life--18th century. Enlightenment--Scotland.