{"product_id":"the-house-of-blackwood-authorpublisher-relations-in-the-victorian-era-penn-state-series-in-the-history-of-the-book-9780271058368","title":"The House of Blackwood AuthorPublisher Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The House of Blackwood\u003c\/i\u003e, David Finkelstein exposes for the first time the successes and failures of this onetime publishing powerhouse. The value of the archive Finkelstein studies is its completeness, the depth of the ledger material, and the extraordinary longevity of the firm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe House of Blackwood\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best studies of a publishing house to be produced since book history was reinvented a couple of decades ago. Perceptively applying theory to archives, Finkelstein’s study illuminates the publisher’s relations to authors, and much more—it shows how successive generations of Blackwoods responded to familial, economic, trade, workshop, and political pressures, the changing demographics of readers, and the altered conditions of publishing in Edwardian Britain. It is a pleasure to read and a model for future work in the field.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Robert L. Patten,Rice University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe House of Blackwood\u003c\/i\u003e offers as much meat for the nineteenth-century historian, the student of business history—even present-day publishing executives!—as it does for the literary critic.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Julie Dawson \u003ci\u003eForeWord Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[The book’s] examination of balance-sheets, together with the close reading of correspondence and memoirs, makes an engaging as well as important contribution to our knowledge of the Victorian culture of the book.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Leslie Howsam \u003ci\u003eThe Library\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This monograph is a further important addition to [Penn State Press’s] significant series on the history of the book.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—William Baker \u003ci\u003ePapers of the Bibliographical Society of America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I should finally mention that this is an exceptionally well documented study.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Alan Boehm \u003ci\u003eLibraries and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe House of Blackwood\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging and extremely valuable piece of research that will benefit literary scholars and publishing historians for years to come.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Karen Carney \u003ci\u003eSharp News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Elegantly designed and illustrated, beautifully written, and full of fresh material presented in a lively manner, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Blackwood\u003c\/i\u003e is a notable addition to Victorian publishing history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Solveig C. Robinson \u003ci\u003eVictorian Periodicals Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Setting the Scene \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Finding Success: Blackwood’s, 1860–1879 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Africa Rewritten: The Case of John Hanning Speke \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Reade Revised: \u003ci\u003eA Woman Hater \u003c\/i\u003eand the Women’s Medical Movement \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Shifting Ground: Blackwood’s, 1880–1912 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Creating House Identities: Nineteenth-Century Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e      Memoirs and the \u003ci\u003eAnnals of a Publishing House \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. “A Grocer’s Business”: William Blackwood III\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the Literary Agents \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices 1-3: Introduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1. Blackwood \u0026amp; Sons Publishing Statistics, 1860–1910 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 2. \u003ci\u003eBlackwood’s Magazine \u003c\/i\u003eSales, 1856–1915 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 3. Margaret Oliphant Sales, 1860–1897 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penn State University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51455976341847,"sku":"9780271058368","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-house-of-blackwood-authorpublisher-relations-in-the-victorian-era-penn-state-series-in-the-history-of-the-book-9780271058368","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}