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List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction, James H. Murphy
I Book Production and Publishing
2. The Industrialization of Irish Book Production, 1790-1900, Frank Ferguson
3. The Dublin Book Trade, Charles Benson
4. Provincial Publishing, Maura Cronin
5. Belfast Publishing, Roger Dixon
6. Limerick Publishing, Maura Cronin
7. Workers in Printing and Bookbinding, Charles Benson
8. Irish-American Publishing, Martin J. Burke
II The Diversity of Publishers
9. James Duffy and Catholic Nationalism, Rolf Loeber and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
10. The Webb Family and Quaker Printing, Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre
11. Marcus Ward & Co. of Belfast, Gillian McIntosh
III Pamphlets and Periodicals
12. Pamphlets, Charles Benson and Siobhan Fitzpatrick
13. Periodicals, Elizabeth Tilley
IV Book Distribution and Reading
14. Oral Culture, Literacy, and Reading, 1800-1850, Niall O Ciosain
15. Pedlars and Book Distribution, Niall O Ciosain
16. Almanacs, Niall O Ciosain
17. Women Readers in Limerick, 1830-40, Sarah McNamara
18. Popular Reading Practice, Rolf Loeber and Magda Stouthamer-Loeber
V Libraries and Reading
19. Libraries, Marie-Louise Legg
20. The Nation Reading Rooms, Roisin Higgins
21. Reading Spaces in Dublin, Clara Cullen
22. Institutional Libraries and Private Collections, Gerard Long
23. Irish-American Book Collections, Martin J. Burke
VI Devotion and Division in Religious Publishing
24. Varieties of Religious Publishing, 1800-1850, Heidi Hansson
25. Selina Bunbury, Religion and the Woman Writer, Heidi Hansson
26. Catholic Devotional Literature in Dublin, 1800-30, Cormac Begadon
27. Religion and Illustrated Periodicals in the 1830s, Robin J. Kavanagh
28. The Religious Tract Society, Aileen Fyfe
29. The Ulster Revival, 1859, Heidi Hansson
30. Catholic Religious Publishing, 1800-90, Cormac Begadon
31. Women Readers and Catholic Magazines, Una Ni Bhroimeil
VII Literature and Literary Careers
32. Travel Writing, Eadaoin Agnew
33. The National Tale, 1800-1830, Claire Connolly
34. Novelists, Publishers and Readers, 1830-90, James H. Murphy
35. Ulster-Scots Literature, Frank Ferguson
36. James Clarence Mangan, Jacques Chuto
37. Samuel Ferguson's Hibernian Nights' Entertainments, Eve Patten
38. The Anthology and the Duanaire, Margaret Kelleher
VIII Publishing the Past
39. The Royal Irish Academy and Antiquarianism, Elizabeth Tilley
40. John O'Donovan's Edition of The Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters, Dermot McGuinne
41. Margaret Cusack and Catholic-Nationalist History, Patrick Maume
IX Educating the Child
42. The National Curriculum, John Logan
43. Children's Literature, Padraic Whyte
X Disseminating Science
44. Science, Enda Leaney
45. The Industrial Resources of Ireland by Robert Kane, Juliana Adelman
46. Ordnance Survey Maps and Official Reports, Patrick J. Duffy
47. The Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, K.J. Rankin
48. Medicine, Elizabeth Lake
XI Publishing and Performance
49. Theatre, Chris Morash
50. Music, Maria McHale
51. Popular Songs, John Moulden
Bibliography
Index