William Parks : the colonial printer in the transatlantic world of the eighteenth century / A. Frank...
William Parks : the colonial printer in the transatlantic world of the eighteenth century / A. Frank...
William Parks : the colonial printer in the transatlantic world of the eighteenth century / A. Franklin Parks.
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Publisher
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012.
Call Numbers
N686.2092/10
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xiv, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Endings and beginnings -- The Worcestershire apprentice -- Striking out on his own -- All the encouraging prospects of success -- Printing and publishing in "the age of clamour" -- "Printer to the right honourable the lord proprietor, and the province" of Maryland -- Economics, enlightenment, and th...
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Publisher
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2012.
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
c2012.
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Summary
"A biography of the early American printer William Parks. Examines his early career in England as well as his later work in Colonial Maryland and Virginia. Focuses on the print culture on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the societal pressures on printing and publishing"--Provided by publisher.
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William Parks : the colonial printer in the transatlantic world of the eighteenth century / A. Franklin Parks.
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The Penn State series in the history of the book.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Date Copyright
c2012.
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Call Numbers
N686.2092/10
Record Identifier
74VvEEy0VP4b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEEy0VP4b
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ISBN
0271052112 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780271052113 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
686.2092 B
MMS ID
991011682419702626
