![]() | Lost Illusions: The Politics of Publishing in Nineteenth-Century France Subjects: Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects -- France -- History -- 19th century; Book industries and trade -- France -- History -- 19th century; Linking the study of business and politics, Christine Haynes reconstructs the passionate and protracted debate over the development of the book trade in nineteenth-century France. While traditionalists claimed that the business of literature required tight state regulation, an increasingly influential group of reformers argued that books were ordinary commodities whose production and distribution were best left to the free market. |
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