Print markets and political dissent: publishers in Central Europe, 1800-1870

Abstract

"Moving book history in a new direction, this study examines publishers as brokers of Central Europe's political public sphere. They created international print markets, translated new texts, launched new journals, supported outspoken authors, and experimented with popular formats. Most of all, they contested censorship with finesse and resolve, thereby undermining the aim of Prussia and Austria to criminalize democratic thought. By packaging dissent through popular media, publishers cultivated broad readerships, promoted political literacy, and refashioned citizenship ideals."--Publisher.

Contents

Introduction: The Age of Criticism. 1.The Business of Print -- 2.The Spectrum of Dissent -- 3. Publishers and Censorship -- 4.Translation and Transfer -- 5. Bookshops and the Literary Underground -- 6.The Limits of Democratic Dissent, 1830-48 -- 7. Dissent in the Unification Era, 1848-74 -- Conclusion.