TY - GEN T1 - A fictive people : antebellum economic development and the American reading public A1 - Zboray, Ronald J. LA - English PP - New York PB - Oxford University Press YR - 1993 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn191953299 AB - This text aims to explode two notions that are commonplace in American cultural histories of the 19th century: that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and that there was a body of 19th-century literature that reflected "a nation of readers." OP - 326 CN - Z1003.2 .Z26 1993eb SN - 1429401036 SN - 9781429401036 SN - 0195344901 SN - 9780195344905 SN - 9780195075823 SN - 019507582X SN - 1280526238 SN - 9781280526237 KW - Books and reading : United States : History : 19th century. KW - American literature : Appreciation : United States : History : 19th century. KW - Book industries and trade : United States : History : 19th century. KW - Popular culture : United States : History : 19th century. KW - National characteristics, American. KW - United States : Economic conditions : To 1865. KW - Littérature américaine : Appréciation : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - Culture populaire : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - États-Unis : Conditions économiques : Jusqu'à 1865. KW - Livres : Industrie : États-Unis : Histoire : 19e siècle. KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : Books & Reading. KW - American literature : Appreciation KW - Book industries and trade KW - Books and reading KW - Economic history KW - National characteristics, American KW - Popular culture KW - United States KW - Boekwezen. KW - Leesgewoonten. KW - To 1899 KW - Reading KW - Electronic books. KW - History ER -