Legal Publishing in Antebellum America

by Michael H. Hoeflich

Legal Publishing in Antebellum America presents a history of the law book publishing and distribution industry in the United States. Part business history, part legal history, part history of information diffusion, M. H. Hoeflich shows how various developments in printing and bookbinding, the introduction of railroads, and the expansion of mail service contributed to the growth of the industry from an essentially local industry to a national industry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521192064
• ISBN13: 9780521192064
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"