Title Faith in reading : religious publishing and the birth of mass media in America / David Paul Nord

Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 212 pages) Series Religion in America series Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) Contents Introduction : The finger of providence -- Religion and reading in early America -- Millennial print -- The new mass media : economic foundations -- The new mass media : national institutions -- The new mass media : systematic distribution -- How readers should read -- How readers did read -- Epilogue : Fragmentation and denomination Summary This is the remarkable story of the unlikely origins of modern media culture. In the early 19th century, a few entrepreneurs decided the time was right to launch a true mass media in America. Though they were savvy businessmen, their publishing enterprises were not commercial businesses but nonprofit religious organizations Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-205) and index Notes Print version record Subject American Tract Society -- History -- 19th century American Bible Society -- History -- 19th century SUBJECT American Bible Society fast American Tract Society fast American Tract Society. rasuqam American Bible Society. rasuqam Bible -- Publication and distribution -- United States -- Societies, etc. -- History -- 19th century Bible fast Bible. rasuqam Subject Religious literature -- Publishing -- United States -- History -- 19th century Tract societies -- United States -- History -- 19th century Christians -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 19th century Religious literature -- Publishing -- History -- 19th century LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Publishing. Books and reading Christians -- Books and reading Religious literature -- Publishing Tract societies Littérature religieuse. Édition. Histoire. Distribution (Marketing) 19e siècle. United States États-Unis. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780198038610 0198038615 0195173112 9780195173116

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