A Fictive People: Antebellum Economic Development and the American Reading Public - Couverture rigide

Zboray, Ronald J.

 
9780195075823: A Fictive People: Antebellum Economic Development and the American Reading Public
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 019507582X ISBN 13 : 9780195075823
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 1993

Synopsis

This book explodes two notions that are commonplace in cultural histories of the nineteenth century: first, that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and second, that there was a body of nineteenth century literature that reflected `a nation of readers'. Zboray shows that the output of the press was so diverse and the public so indiscriminate in what it would read that these conclusions must be reassessed.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book explodes two notions that are commonplace in cultural histories of the nineteenth century: first, that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and second, that there was a body of nineteenth century literature that reflected `a nation of readers'. Zboray shows that the output of the press was so diverse and the public so indiscriminate in what it would read that these conclusions must be reassessed.

Revue de presse

An entertaining and thoughtful work which demonstrates that literacy and reading in the early national period involved a complex interplay of cultural, economic, and technological forces and affected Americans at many different levels in their public and private lives. (Labor History)

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press Inc
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
019507582X
ISBN 13 
9780195075823
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
352
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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