Benjamin Collins and the Provincial Newspaper Trade in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)

This is a pioneering study of the English provincial newspaper and book trades in the eighteenth century. Christine Ferdinand uses the first thoroughgoing study of the Salisbury Journal and its competitors to reveal how country newspapers worked within and influenced the developing information systems of a region. The detailed revelations of a community's social, economic, literary and cultural interests extend well beyond Salisbury to the surrounding counties and to London. A hitherto hidden commercial infrastructure shows the interdependent relationship between the writers and makers of newspapers, the principal members of the London book trade, and the new market for the printed word. Behind these news networks was the entrepreneurial spirit of Benjamin Collins, a figure of national importance, who set up Salisbury's first bank, established newspapers in London and the provinces, wrote children's books with John Newbery, and whose publishing interests brought him into contact with the literary and commercial life of London. This fascinating study of the information networks of eighteenth-century provincial life will be of interest to literary students and biographers as well as historians.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Oxford Historical Monographs
Release date:	April 1997
First published:	June 1997
Authors:	C.Y. Ferdinand (Fellow Librarian)
Dimensions:	225 x 145 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-820652-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Service industries > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Promotions
LSN:	0-19-820652-6
Barcode:	9780198206521

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