On the Road towards a Perfectly Managed Bookshop

The protagonists, enterprises and networks of the book market in Bohemia (1749 – 1848). Books and book markets have become both the vehicle and mirror of historical changes the Habsburg monarchy underwent in the years between the coronation of Maria Theresia and the revolutionary year 1848. This monograph examines the development of the book market in Bohemia between the years 1749 and 1849, and introduces its main protagonists, enterprises and professions influencing the contemporary book culture. The authors follow the involvement of book professionals in national and international networks and map channels which brought books to the dramatically expanding reading public. The study explores the structure of intellectual exchange and communication in an era which played a key role in the formation of modern public space and modern nation