The Grand Chorus of Complaint: Authors and the Business Ethics of American Publishing
Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 1. The Character of the Trade -- 2. Liberty in Business: The Printing of Common Sense -- 3. Hannah Adams and the Courtesies of Authorship -- 4. The Moral Vernacular of American Copyright Reform -- 5. Melville in the Antebellum Publishing Maelstrom -- 6. The Tact of Ruthless Hall -- Epilogue: What Lies Back of the Contract -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.