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

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

Linking the study of business and politics, Christine 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 -...

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Main Author: Haynes, Christine, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2010.
Series:Harvard historical studies ; v. 167.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Geschichte 1800-1900.
Publishers and publishing > Political aspects > France > History > 19th century.
Book industries and trade > France > History > 19th century.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Publishing.
HISTORY > Europe > France.
Book industries and trade
Publishers and publishing > Political aspects
Verlag
Uitgeverijen.
Overheidsbeleid.
France
Frankreich
Frankrijk.
History
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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.

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