Selling Books in Eighteenth-Century Boston: The Daybook of Benjamin Guild

IF 0.1 4区历史学 Q3 HISTORY

NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY-A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND LETTERS Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1162/tneq_a_00964

Leah Orr

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Abstract

Abstract Through an analysis of the daybook of late-eighteenth-century Boston bookseller Benjamin Guild, this essay presents a microhistory of retail bookselling in Boston just after the Revolutionary War. It argues that American customers mainly bought British books and that prices varied, with implications for book history, literature, and cultural studies.

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在18世纪的波士顿卖书:本杰明·格尔的日记

摘要:本文通过对18世纪晚期波士顿书商本杰明·古尔德的日记的分析，呈现了独立战争后波士顿零售图书销售的微观历史。它认为，美国消费者主要购买英国书籍，价格各不相同，这对图书历史、文学和文化研究都有影响。

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NEW ENGLAND QUARTERLY-A HISTORICAL REVIEW OF NEW ENGLAND LIFE AND LETTERS Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Contributions cover a range of time periods, from before European colonization to the present, and any subject germane to New England’s history—for example, the region’s diverse literary and cultural heritage, its political philosophies, race relations, labor struggles, religious contro- versies, and the organization of family life. The journal also treats the migration of New England ideas, people, and institutions to other parts of the United States and the world. In addition to major essays, features include memoranda and edited documents, reconsiderations of traditional texts and interpretations, essay reviews, and book reviews.