A fictive people [electronic resource] : antebellum economic development and the American reading public / Ronald J. Zboray.
Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.Description: xxii, 326 p. : illISBN:- 019507582X (acid-free paper)
- American literature -- Appreciation -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Book industries and trade -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- National characteristics, American
- Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- Economic conditions -- To 1865
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- Z1003.2 .Z26 1993eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-304) and index.
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