A fictive people : antebellum economic development and the American reading public /

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This text aims to explode two notions that are commonplace in American cultural histories of the 19th century: that the spread of literature was a simple force for the democratization of taste, and that there was a body of 19th-century literature that reflected "a nation of readers."

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zboray, Ronald J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
Temas:
To 1899
Books and reading > United States > History > 19th century.
American literature > Appreciation > United States > History > 19th century.
Book industries and trade > United States > History > 19th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
National characteristics, American.
Littérature américaine > Appréciation > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Livres > Industrie > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
American literature > Appreciation
Book industries and trade
Books and reading
Economic history
National characteristics, American
Popular culture
Boekwezen.
Leesgewoonten.
United States > Economic conditions > To 1865.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > Jusqu'à 1865.
United States
Reading
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Reading and the ironies of technological innovation
  • The publisher's market
  • The book peddler and literary dissemination
  • The transportation revolution and book distribution
  • The railroad, the community, and the book
  • Family, church, and academy
  • The common school and other institutions
  • The letter and the reading public
  • Numeracy, the news, and self-culture
  • The interior organization of a bookstore
  • Gender and boundlessness in reading patterns
  • Time, space, and chaos.

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