Table of Contents:
  • The revolution's legacy for the history of the book / Richard D. Brown
  • The book trades in the new nation / James N. Green ... [et al.]
  • Government and law / John L. Brooke ... [et al.]
  • Benevolent books : printing, religion, and reform / David Paul Nord
  • The learned world / David S. Shields
  • Libraries and schools / Kenneth E. Carpenter ... [et al.]
  • Men writing in the early republic / David Leverenz
  • Women writing in the early republic / Joanne Dobson and Sandra A. Zagarell
  • Periodical press : newspapers, magazines, and reviews / Andie Tucher ... [et al.]
  • Word and image / Georgia B. Barnhill ... [et al.]
  • Making communities in print / A. Gregg Roeber, Grey Gundaker, Barry F. O'Connell
  • Reading for an extensive republic / Robert A. Gross.