Spreading the Word
Author | : Peter J. Wosh |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2018-05-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781501711459 |
ISBN-13 | : 1501711458 |
Rating | : 4/5 (59 Downloads) |
Download or read book Spreading the Word written by Peter J. Wosh and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil war, the completion of transcontinental railroads, rapid urbanization and industrialization, the rise of managerial capitalism, and new entanglements abroad rent the fabric of life in nineteenth-century America. Through all the turmoil, the American Bible Society thrived. This engaging book tells how a modest antebellum reform agency responded to cataclysmic social change and grew to be a nonprofit corporate bureaucracy that managed, among other projects, what was one of the largest publishing houses in the United States.