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Business of Enlightenment : Publishing History of the Encyclopedie, 1775-1800.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTENTS; I. Introduction: The Biography of a Book; II. The Genesis of a Speculation in Publishing; The Neuchâtel Reprint Plan; From the Reprint to the Revised Edition; Joseph Duplain and His Quarto Encyclopédie; Publishing, Politics, and Panckoucke; From the Revised Edition to the Quarto; The Paris Conference of 1777; The Basis of a Bonne Affaire; III. Juggling Editions; The ''Second Edition''; The Origins of the "Third Edition"; Imbroglios; The Neuchâtel Imprint; Opening Gambits of the Final Negotiations; Duel by Lettre Ostensible; The Last Turn of the Screw; The Contract.
- IV. Piracy and Trade WarPirate Raids; The Octave Publishers and Their Encyclopédie; The Origins of the Quarto-Octavo War; The Final Failure of Diplomacy; Open War; Pourparlers for Peace; A Drôle de Paix; V. Bookmaking; Strains on the Production System; Procuring Paper; Copy; Recruiting Workers; Setting Wages; Pacing Work and Managing Labor; Printing: Technology and the Human Element; VI. Diffusion; Managerial Problems and Polemics; Marketing; Booksellers; Prices and Consumers; The Sales Pattern; Subscribers, A Case Study; Diffusion in France; Diffusion Outside France; Reading.
- VII. Settling AccountsThe Hidden Schism of 1778; A Preliminary Règlement de Comptes; The Feud Between Duplain and the STN; Marketing Maneuvers; The Perrin Affair; The Anatomy of a Swindle; The Final Confrontation in Lyons; Dénouement; Epilogue; VIII. The Ultimate Encyclopédie; The Origins of the Encyclopédie méthodique; The Climactic Moment in Enlightenment Publishing; The Liégeois Settlement; Panckoucke's Conception of the Supreme Encyclopédie; Panckoucke as an Editor; The Authors of the Méthodique; Two Generations of Encyclopedists; From Voltairianism to Professionalism.
- Launching the Biggest Book of the CenturyIX. Encyclopedism, Capitalism, and Revolution; Panckoucke's Folly; From Encyclopedism to Jacobinism; An Enlightenment Publisher in a Cultural Revolution; The Last of the Encyclopedists; X. Conclusion; The Production and Diffusion of Enlightenment; Enlightenment Publishing and the Spirit of Capitalism; The Encyclopédie and the State; The Cultural Revolution; Appendices; A. Contracts of the Encyclopédie Publishers, 1776-1780; B. Subscriptions to the Quarto Encyclopédie; C. Incidence of Subscriptions in Major French Cities.
- D. Contributors to the Encyclopédie MéthodiqueBibliographical Note; Index.