John Hammond and the Explosion of Print in 1641: Commercial and Political Opportunities
One of the great values of Thomason’s collection of civil war tracts and newsbooks is the opportunity that it affords for analysing the nature of the print trade during a key phase of the so-called ‘print revolution’. Given the so-called ‘explosion’ of cheap print that accompanied the descent into c...
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| description | One of the great values of Thomason’s collection of civil war tracts and newsbooks is the opportunity that it affords for analysing the nature of the print trade during a key phase of the so-called ‘print revolution’. Given the so-called ‘explosion’ of cheap print that accompanied the descent into civil war, and the vital role that print played in the political and religious turmoil of the revolutionary decades, it is vital to explore the role that stationers played, and to reflect upon their identities, not least in terms of the relationship between commercial motives and ideological imperatives. This chapter reconstructs and analyses the imprint of one such stationer, John Hammond, and explores his activity as both a commercial and a political actor. As such, it addresses the vital but vexed issue of the relationship between profit and politics in the world of early modern publishing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8779e3cb9ce643bc8143d53c2c34b2b42024-03-12T14:43:37ZengThe British LibraryElectronic British Library Journal1478-02592024-01-01202310.23636/x3b3-88192023004John Hammond and the Explosion of Print in 1641: Commercial and Political OpportunitiesMichael J. BraddickOne of the great values of Thomason’s collection of civil war tracts and newsbooks is the opportunity that it affords for analysing the nature of the print trade during a key phase of the so-called ‘print revolution’. Given the so-called ‘explosion’ of cheap print that accompanied the descent into civil war, and the vital role that print played in the political and religious turmoil of the revolutionary decades, it is vital to explore the role that stationers played, and to reflect upon their identities, not least in terms of the relationship between commercial motives and ideological imperatives. This chapter reconstructs and analyses the imprint of one such stationer, John Hammond, and explores his activity as both a commercial and a political actor. As such, it addresses the vital but vexed issue of the relationship between profit and politics in the world of early modern publishing.https://doi.org/10.23636/x3b3-8819thomason tractsgeorge thomason |
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