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Author Salman, Jeroen, author.

Title Pedlars and the popular press : itinerant distribution networks in England and the Netherlands 1600-1850 / by Jeroen Salman
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 287 pages) : illustrations
Series Library of the written word, 1874-4834 ; volume 29
Library of the written word : the handpress world ; volume 21
Library of the written word ; 29.
Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 21.
Contents Pedlars and the Popular Press; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Illustrations and Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Debates; Approach; Models of Communication; Sources; Structure; 1. Reputation and Representation; In Collaboration with Karen Bowen; Confusing Terminology; Authorities and Booksellers; A Growing Danger in England; Tolerance, Repression and Economic Interests in the Netherlands; Pedlars in the World of the Imagination: Textual Representations; Dutch Literary Representa; English Textual Representations; Pedlars in the World of Imagination: The Visual Perspective
English Ballad SingersDutch Images; Pedlars and Their Self-Image; The Struggle for Life; Battling a Bad Reputation; Distributor of Respectable Goods; Conclusion: Stereotypes, Motives and Change; 2. The Pedlar in the English Distribution Network; The Scale of Itinerant Distribution; Organisation and Control; Itinerant Book Trade; Number of Pedlar Licenses; Pedlars and Hawkers with Printed Wares; Itinerant Booksellers in London; Itinerant Book Trade in the Provinces: Devon and Exeter; Categorisation and Trade Practices; Occasional Pedlars; Pedlars of Books and Other Goods
Pedlars with Printed Wares ExclusivelyBallad Sellers and Singers; News Pedlars; Chapbooks, Prints, Almanacs, Children's Books and Other Printed Wares; Conclusion: Distribution Networks and Distribution Patterns in England; 3. The Pedlar in the Dutch Distribution Network; The Scale of Itinerant Distribution; Amsterdam; Leiden; Utrecht; Categorisation, Networks and Trade Practices; Occasional Pedlars; Pedlars with Books and Other Wares; Pedlars with Printed Wares Exclusively; Specialist Pedlars; Conclusion: Distribution Networks and Patterns in the Netherlands
Conclusion: A Comparative Perspective on Itinerant NetworksBibliography; Archival and Manuscript Sources; Published Primary Sources; Electronic Sources and Databases; Secondary Sources; Index of Names, Places and Major Topics
Summary This book studies the itinerant book trade in an English and Dutch, urban context, leading to a new perspective on the role of the pedlars as an intermediary between the established booksellers and an extensive, socially diverse reading public
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Book industries and trade -- England -- History -- 17th century
Book industries and trade -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century
Peddling -- England -- History -- 17th century
Peddling -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century
Book industries and trade -- Social aspects -- England
Book industries and trade -- Social aspects -- Netherlands
Book industries and trade -- England -- History -- 18th century
Book industries and trade -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century
Peddling -- England -- History -- 18th century
Peddling -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Commerce.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Sales & Selling -- General.
Book industries and trade
Book industries and trade -- Social aspects
Peddling
England
Netherlands
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004252851
9004252851