The Printed Image and the Transformation of Popular Culture, 1790 - 1860

Explores the importance of published images in Britain prior to mass literacy, including for women and workers. Contents: Introduction The printed image and cultural change: English popular culture and illustration, 1790-1860 The printed image in transition: popular pictorial experience, 1790-1832 The new printed image: the Penny Magazine and the mass circulation of illustration, 1832-1845 The business of imagery: the second generation of pictorial magazines, 1845-1860 The civilizing image: the second generation and social virtue, 1845-1860 The printed image and the mass: the illustrated magazines and their readership, 1832-1860 The transformation of popular culture: working people in an expanding pictorial world, 1832-1860 Conclusion: The making of a mass culture: a perspective from 1860.