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Online-Ressource (638 p)
ISBN:
9780674087866
Inhalt:
Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- I. Introduction: The Biography of a Book -- II. The Genesis of a Speculation in Publishing -- The Neuchâtel Reprint Plan -- From the Reprint to the Revised Edition -- Joseph Duplain and His Quarto Encyclopédie -- Publishing, Politics, and Panckoucke -- From the Revised Edition to the Quarto -- The Paris Conference of 1777 -- The Basis of a Bonne Affaire -- III. Juggling Editions -- The ''Second Edition'' -- The Origins of the "Third Edition" -- Imbroglios -- The Neuchâtel Imprint -- Opening Gambits of the Final Negotiations -- Duel by Lettre Ostensible -- The Last Turn of the Screw -- The Contract -- IV. Piracy and Trade War -- Pirate Raids -- The Octave Publishers and Their Encyclopédie -- The Origins of the Quarto-Octavo War -- The Final Failure of Diplomacy -- Open War -- Pourparlers for Peace -- A Drôle de Paix -- V. Bookmaking -- Strains on the Production System -- Procuring Paper -- Copy -- Recruiting Workers -- Setting Wages -- Pacing Work and Managing Labor -- Printing: Technology and the Human Element -- VI. Diffusion -- Managerial Problems and Polemics -- Marketing -- Booksellers -- Prices and Consumers -- The Sales Pattern -- Subscribers, A Case Study -- Diffusion in France -- Diffusion Outside France -- Reading -- VII. Settling Accounts -- The Hidden Schism of 1778 -- A Preliminary Règlement de Comptes -- The Feud Between Duplain and the STN -- Marketing Maneuvers -- The Perrin Affair -- The Anatomy of a Swindle -- The Final Confrontation in Lyons -- Dénouement -- Epilogue -- VIII. The Ultimate Encyclopédie -- The Origins of the Encyclopédie méthodique -- The Climactic Moment in Enlightenment Publishing -- The Liégeois Settlement -- Panckoucke's Conception of the Supreme Encyclopédie -- Panckoucke as an Editor -- The Authors of the Méthodique -- Two Generations of Encyclopedists.
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""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""I. Introduction: The Biography of a Book""; ""II. The Genesis of a Speculation in Publishing""; ""The Neuchâtel Reprint Plan""; ""From the Reprint to the Revised Edition""; ""Joseph Duplain and His Quarto Encyclopédie""; ""Publishing, Politics, and Panckoucke""; ""From the Revised Edition to the Quarto""; ""The Paris Conference of 1777""; ""The Basis of a Bonne Affaire""; ""III. Juggling Editions""; ""The ��Second Edition��""; ""The Origins of the “Third Edition�""; ""Imbroglios""; ""The Neuchâtel Imprint""
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""Opening Gambits of the Final Negotiations""""Duel by Lettre Ostensible""; ""The Last Turn of the Screw""; ""The Contract""; ""IV. Piracy and Trade War""; ""Pirate Raids""; ""The Octave Publishers and Their Encyclopédie""; ""The Origins of the Quarto-Octavo War""; ""The Final Failure of Diplomacy""; ""Open War""; ""Pourparlers for Peace""; ""A Dr�le de Paix""; ""V. Bookmaking""; ""Strains on the Production System""; ""Procuring Paper""; ""Copy""; ""Recruiting Workers""; ""Setting Wages""; ""Pacing Work and Managing Labor""; ""Printing: Technology and the Human Element""; ""VI. Diffusion""
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""Managerial Problems and Polemics""""Marketing""; ""Booksellers""; ""Prices and Consumers""; ""The Sales Pattern""; ""Subscribers, A Case Study""; ""Diffusion in France""; ""Diffusion Outside France""; ""Reading""; ""VII. Settling Accounts""; ""The Hidden Schism of 1778""; ""A Preliminary R�glement de Comptes""; ""The Feud Between Duplain and the STN""; ""Marketing Maneuvers""; ""The Perrin Affair""; ""The Anatomy of a Swindle""; ""The Final Confrontation in Lyons""; ""Dénouement""; ""Epilogue""; ""VIII. The Ultimate Encyclopédie""; ""The Origins of the Encyclopédie méthodique""
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""The Climactic Moment in Enlightenment Publishing""""The Liégeois Settlement""; ""Panckoucke�s Conception of the Supreme Encyclopédie""; ""Panckoucke as an Editor""; ""The Authors of the Méthodique""; ""Two Generations of Encyclopedists""; ""From Voltairianism to Professionalism""; ""Launching the Biggest Book of the Century""; ""IX. Encyclopedism, Capitalism, and Revolution""; ""Panckoucke�s Folly""; ""From Encyclopedism to Jacobinism""; ""An Enlightenment Publisher in a Cultural Revolution""; ""The Last of the Encyclopedists""; ""X. Conclusion""
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""The Production and Diffusion of Enlightenment""""Enlightenment Publishing and the Spirit of Capitalism""; ""The Encyclopédie and the State""; ""The Cultural Revolution""; ""Appendices""; ""A. Contracts of the Encyclopédie Publishers, 1776�1780""; ""B. Subscriptions to the Quarto Encyclopédie""; ""C. Incidence of Subscriptions in Major French Cities""; ""D. Contributors to the Encyclopédie Méthodique""; ""Bibliographical Note""; ""Index""
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ISBN 9780674030183
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ISBN 9780674087866
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Print version Business of Enlightenment : Publishing History of the Encyclopedie, 1775-1800
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
Mehr zum Autor:
Darnton, Robert 1939-
