Pedlars and the Popular Press -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Debates -- Approach -- Models of Communication -- Sources -- Structure -- 1. Reputation and Representation -- In Collaboration with Karen Bowen -- Confusing Terminology -- Authorities and Booksellers -- A Growing Danger in England -- Tolerance, Repression and Economic Interests in the Netherlands -- Pedlars in the World of the Imagination: Textual Representations -- Dutch Literary Representa -- English Textual Representations -- Pedlars in the World of Imagination: The Visual Perspective -- English Ballad Singers -- Dutch Images -- Pedlars and Their Self-Image -- The Struggle for Life -- Battling a Bad Reputation -- Distributor of Respectable Goods -- Conclusion: Stereotypes, Motives and Change -- 2. The Pedlar in the English Distribution Network -- The Scale of Itinerant Distribution -- Organisation and Control -- Itinerant Book Trade -- Number of Pedlar Licenses -- Pedlars and Hawkers with Printed Wares -- Itinerant Booksellers in London -- Itinerant Book Trade in the Provinces: Devon and Exeter -- Categorisation and Trade Practices -- Occasional Pedlars -- Pedlars of Books and Other Goods -- Pedlars with Printed Wares Exclusively -- Ballad Sellers and Singers -- News Pedlars -- Chapbooks, Prints, Almanacs, Children's Books and Other Printed Wares -- Conclusion: Distribution Networks and Distribution Patterns in England -- 3. The Pedlar in the Dutch Distribution Network -- The Scale of Itinerant Distribution -- Amsterdam -- Leiden -- Utrecht -- Categorisation, Networks and Trade Practices -- Occasional Pedlars -- Pedlars with Books and Other Wares -- Pedlars with Printed Wares Exclusively -- Specialist Pedlars -- Conclusion: Distribution Networks and Patterns in the Netherlands.

Conclusion: A Comparative Perspective on Itinerant Networks -- Bibliography -- Archival and Manuscript Sources -- Published Primary Sources -- Electronic Sources and Databases -- Secondary Sources -- Index of Names, Places and Major Topics.