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History of pedlars in Europe
- Title
- History of pedlars in Europe / Laurence Fontaine ; translated by Vicki Whittaker.
- Author
- Fontaine, Laurence.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- 280 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
- Uniform Title
- Histoire du colportage en Europe. English
- Alternative Title
- Histoire du colportage en Europe.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Translation of: Histoire du colporteur en Europe.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-271) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Peddling and Major Trade between the Fifteenth and Seventeenth Centuries -- 2. The Eighteenth Century: a Return to the Regional Areas -- 3. The Eighteenth Century: the Networks of Booksellers and Book Pedlars in Southern Europe -- 4. A Flexible Typology -- 5. In the Village: Reasons for Itinerancy and the Structures Supporting It -- 6. Credit and Social Relationships -- 7. The Demise of the Profession -- 8. The Culture of Itinerancy -- 9. A Civilized Business? -- App. List of Booksellers from the Brianconnais Region in Eighteenth-century Europe.
- ISBN
- 0745607853
- 9780745607856
- 0745617417
- 9780745617411
- OCLC
- ocm34439110
- 34439110
- SCSB-2076316
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library