{"product_id":"past-into-print-leslie-howsam-9781442640573","title":"Past Into Print: The Publishing of History in Britain 1850-1950","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePast into Print\u003c\/em\u003e explores history books and periodicals as sites of conflict and compromise in order to question how and why historical knowledge is created. Using primary documents and the history books of the period, Leslie Howsam combines two distinct strands of scholarship: the history of the book and publishing and the development of history as a scholarly discipline.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowsam examines the relationships of historians and their publishers through correspondence and readers reports to reveal the assumptions that drove historical projects, which in turn came to shape the careers of writers, the reputations of publishing houses, and the values of a discipline. The first systematic exploration of the publishing history of history, \u003cem\u003ePast into Print\u003c\/em\u003e uncovers the ways in which historical writing was mediated by the book trade and traces how mid-Victorian narrative certainties gave way to twentieth-century disciplinary anxieties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Howsam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 144264057X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442640573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Leslie Howsam","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48449609597183,"sku":"9781442640573","price":69.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a0ff07c-13cf-4236-9a3c-8846150f3ecb.jpg?v=1777264147","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/past-into-print-leslie-howsam-9781442640573","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}