Publishing Plates - Stereotyping and Electrotyping in Nineteenth-Century US Print Culture

Explores stereotyping and electrotyping in U.S. literature and history. Examines how printers, typefounders, authors, and publishers managed the transition as new technologies displaced printing traditions of the early nineteenth century.

About the author

Jeffrey M. Makala is Associate Director for Special Collections and University Archivist at Furman University. He is the coeditor of In Dogs We Trust: An Anthology of American Dog Literature.

Summary

Explores stereotyping and electrotyping in U.S. literature and history. Examines how printers, typefounders, authors, and publishers managed the transition as new technologies displaced printing traditions of the early nineteenth century.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Makala, Jeffrey M. Makala
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.11.2022
• EAN: 9780271094038
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09403-8
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Penn State Series in the History of the Book
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, Communication Studies, Literature: history & criticism, History of the Americas, Literature: history and criticism, Publishing industry & book trade