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History Of The Book In Australia 1891-1945, A: A National Culture In A Colonised Market

Arnold, John, 1950- | Lyons, Martyn
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The Paternoster Row Machine & The Australian book trade 1890-1945; Britain’s largest export market; Angus & Robertson 1888-1945; 8 case studies; censorship & the White Australia policy; authors making a living; Miles Franklin; printing technology & book production; Frank Wilmot; Australian print workers & 5 case studies; public libraries; the NSW Railways Institute Library; the circulating library phenomenon; the Australian Army Education Service in World War II; Mechanics Institute Libraries; private collectors’ libraries; J K Moir & the Bread & Cheese Club; newspapers & daily reading; reference & non-fiction publishing; children’s literature; art publishing; ‘serious reading’ between the wars; reading practices; the critical reception; Sydney literary societies in the 1920s; reading models & reading communities; commemorating Shakespeare & others 1900-1940; the book trader & the Australian reader in 1945.
pp. xix, 444, illusts First Edition #310323

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AuthorArnold, John, 1950- | Lyons, Martyn
Number of pages463
PublisherUniversity of Queensland Press
Year Published2001
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

Book Condition

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