Recasting a Craft: St. Louis Typefounders Respond to Industrialization
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (534 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B007K565ZW |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Good stuff" according to Amazon Customer. A comprehensive, well-written, easy-to-read informative discussion which ties together various aspects of typefaces and their history. Mr. Mullen has written an excellent description of a time period in which this growing industry influenced the disemination of information in the westward expansion of our nation. If you are interested in printing, its history, type, or the history of St. Louis , you will enjoy the depth of well-researched informa
Mullen describes three distinct periods of the industry that emerged in St. Mullen recognizes the city’s significant contributions to typefounding and details how the craft fundamentally changed through mechanization, growth, and the creation of a large conglomerate.Like many trades of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that were eventually lost to industrialization, the typefoundries of St. The volume also contains a list of the catalogs of the St. Louis’s typefounding trade: the early struggles in establishing the industry there, the period of intense competition and creative enterprise, and the proliferation of new companies that appealed to those customers who felt alienated by the monopolizing older companies.Mullen discusses at length the technological, social, and demographic foundations of the immense growth of the trade in the ninetee
Robert A. Louis history and published articles and lectured about printing history.. Mullen is the collections manager at the Missouri Historical Society, where he has curated several exhibits on St
About the AuthorRobert A. Mullen is the collections manager at the Missouri Historical Society, where he has curated several exhibits on St. Louis history and published articles and lectured about printing history.