Preface Acknowledgments1. The Depression of 1837-43 and its Implications for the American Book Trade 2. British Periodicals in America 3. Copyright In and Out of Congress, 1815-42 4. Further Efforts to Influence the American Congress, 1842-51 5. The Impact of Foreign Reprints on the Domestic British Book Trade 6. Efforts to Influence Parliament, 1838-44 7. The Canadian Market 8. The British Law Courts: A Possible Remedy for the Absence of International Copyright 9. American Lobbyists in the Early 1850s 10. The Organization 11. Bribery, or the Necessary Expenses of Congressional Action: November 1851 – February 1853 12. The Need for Senate Ratification: February 1853 – June 1854 Notes Index