Publishing Business in Eighteenth-Century England assesses the contribution of the business press and the publication of print to the economic transformation of

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In 1450 very few English men or women were personally familiar with a book; by 1850, the great majority of people daily encountered books, magazines, or newspap

This book explores English single sheet satirical prints published from 1780-1820, the people who made those prints, and the businesses that sold them. It exami

An engrossing and powerful story about the influence of printers, who used their commercial and political connections to directly shape Revolutionary political