{"product_id":"spreading-the-word-9780801429286","title":"Spreading the Word","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Peter J. Wosh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Institutions \u0026amp; Organizations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCivil 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46893398360215,"sku":"9780801429286","price":11147.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780801429286.webp?v=1770315951","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/spreading-the-word-9780801429286","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}