London booksellers and American customers : transatlantic literary community and the Charleston Library Society, 1748-1811
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書誌事項
London booksellers and American customers : transatlantic literary community and the Charleston Library Society, 1748-1811
(The Carolina lowcountry and the Atlantic world)
University of South Carolina Press, c2002
大学図書館所蔵 全11件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-472) and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
James Raven's history of the Charleston Library Society's book purchasing activities offers a window into the transatlantic book trade during the 18th and 19th centuries, and a chronicle of this early library's influence on southern culture. Founded in 1748 and still flourishing at the start of the 21st century, the Charleston Library Society occupies a position of historical significance comparable to that of the Library Company of Philadelphia, the New York Library Society, and the Boston Athenaeum. It members provided the initiative for the founding of the Charleston Museum, the College of Charleston, and numerous civic and literary societies. Raven reveals how the Charleston library grew into an effective force for the pursuit of intellectual and scientific interests and the confirmation of the political power of South Carolina's planter elite. Raven's study features an annotated edition of the "Charles Town Library Society Letterbook, 1758-1811", a rare surviving set of correspondence written to London booksellers.
These letters document the processes of colonial book ordering and transit, including the types of literature requested, methods of financing undertaken, and time required to receive shipments. Raven supplements the correspondence by tracking changes in 18th-century publishing and revealing how important but exasperating the overseas market was for all leading London booksellers.
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