English Common Reader: A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800-1900
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| Year of Publication |
1998
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2
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| Number of Pages |
448 pp.
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| Publisher |
Ohio State University
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| City |
Columbus, OH
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| ISBN |
9780814207932
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| Annotation |
First edition published in 1957.
Contents:
Background: 1477- 1800 -- From Caxton to the eighteenth century ; Eighteenth century ; Time of crisis, 1791-1800 -- Nineteenth century -- Social background ; Religion ; Utilitarian spirit ; Elementary education and literacy ; Secondary education ; Mechanics institute and after ; Public libraries ; Self-made reader ; Book trade, 1800-1850 ; Book trade, 1851-1900 ; Periodicals and newspapers, 1800-1850 ; Periodicals and newspapers, 1851-1900 ; Past and the present -- Appendixes -- Chronology of the mass reading public, 1774-1900 ; Best-sellers ; Periodical and newspaper circulation
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