A History of the Book in America: Volume 1, The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0521482569 ISBN 13 : 9780521482561

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Volume 1 of A History of the Book in America encompasses seventeenth and eighteenth century book history.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Volume 1 of A History of the Book in America, The Colonial Book in the Atlantic World, encompasses the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is organized around three major themes: the persisting colonial relationship between European settlements and the Old World; the gradual emergence of a pluralistic book trade that differentiated printers from booksellers; and the transition from a 'culture of the Word', organized around an understanding of print as a vehicle of the sacred, to the culture of republicanism, epitomized by Benjamin Franklin, and culminating in the uses of print during the Revolutionary era. The volume will also describe nascent forms of literary and learned culture (including the circulation of manuscripts), literacy and censorship, orality, and the efforts by Europeans to introduce written literary to Native Americans and African Americans.

Revue de presse

'... the very high standards achieved in the research, the writing and the editing of this volume have been matched by its designers and printers, resulting in a work that is truly a delight to read.' Bibliographic Society of Australia and New Zealand

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521482569
• ISBN 13: 9780521482561
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 656
• Éditeur: Amory Hugh, Hall David D.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Avery; https://www.avery.fr/; ; chemin des peupliers 27; Dardilly; France