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Book Review

Europe: Early Modern and Modern

Eileen S. DeMarco. Reading and Riding: Hachette's Railroad Bookstore Network in Nineteenth-Century France. Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press. 2006. Pp. 172. $38.50.

Eileen S. DeMarco recounts the history of Hachette's railway bookstores from their establishment in 1853 until the early twentieth century. Initially her focus is on the founder, Louis Hachette, and his maneuvering to create a monopoly of bookstores in the railroad depots of the major French rail lines. Using Hachette company archives and railroad company records, DeMarco proceeds to describe the expansion of the network and the roles of railway companies, the French state, Hachette, competing publishers, and bookstore employees. A final chapter traces unsuccessful legislative threats to Hachette's monopoly from competitors' allies in the Chamber of Deputies. Only at the turn of the century did the Ministry of Public Works, which had responsibility for regulating railroads, force railway companies to open up bidding for bookstore concessions to Hachette's competitors. Even then the financial weight of the company ultimately allowed Hachette to drive others from the field, preserving its dominance.

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