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8%OFFChristine Haynes - Lost Illusions: The Politics of Publishing in Nineteenth-Century France - 9780674035768 - V9780674035768
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Lost Illusions: The Politics of Publishing in Nineteenth-Century France

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Description for Lost Illusions: The Politics of Publishing in Nineteenth-Century France Hardback. Linking the study of business and politics, this book reconstructs the debate over the development of the book trade in 19th-century France. It shows how publishers succeeded in transforming the industry from a tightly controlled trade into a free enterprise, with dramatic but paradoxical consequences for literature in France. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 346 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; CBW; HBJD; JFCA; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 612.

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. While traditionalists claimed that the business of literature required tight state regulation, an increasingly influential group of reformers argued that books were ordinary commodities whose production and distribution were best left to the free market.

The French Revolution overthrew the system of guilds and privileges that had governed the trade under the Old Regime. In the struggle that followed, the new men known as éditeurs (publishers) pushed for increased liberalization of the market. They ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
Series
Harvard Historical Studies
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674035768
SKU
V9780674035768
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About Christine Haynes
Christine Haynes is Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Reviews for Lost Illusions: The Politics of Publishing in Nineteenth-Century France
In this impressively researched and clearly written book on the publishing industry in nineteenth-century France, Haynes argues for the surprising role of the Second Empire in liberalizing the literary market, the centrality of state policy rather than market forces in the deregulation of the industry, and the dynamic role of entrepreneurs in lobbying for reforms. Lost Illusions is an original ... Read more

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