Title The grand chorus of complaint : authors and the business ethics of American publishing / Michael J. Everton

Published New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 240 pages) : illustrations Contents The character of the trade -- Liberty in business : the printing of Common sense -- Hannah Adams and the courtesies of authorship -- The moral vernacular of American copyright reform -- Melville in the antebellum publishing maelstrom -- The tact of Ruthless Hall Summary An engaging study of authorship, ethics, and book publishing in 18th- and 19th-century America, The Grand Chorus of Complaint considers the uneasy relationship between art and commerce with readings of correspondence, newspaper articles, and works by Thomas Paine, Herman Melville, and Fanny Fern Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Publishers and publishing -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States -- History Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 19th century Authors and publishers -- United States -- History -- 18th century Book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century Book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 18th century Copyright -- United States -- History -- 19th century Business ethics -- United States -- History Authors and publishers Book industries and trade Business ethics Copyright United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780199896936 0199896933

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