Expanding the American mind : books and the popularization of knowledge /

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"Over the past fifty years, knowledge of the natural world, history, and human behavior has expanded dramatically. What has been learned in the academy has become part of political discourse, sermons, and everyday conversation. The dominant medium for transferring knowledge from universities to...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Luey, Beth (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Books and reading > United States > History.
Communication in learning and scholarship > United States > History.
Authors and readers > United States > History.
Publishers and publishing > United States > History.
Communication savante > États-Unis > Histoire.
Écrivains et lecteurs > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Authors and readers
Books and reading
Communication in learning and scholarship
Publishers and publishing
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Non : the prefix that changes what, and how, we read
  • A brief history of popularization
  • A highly educated public
  • From Snow to Sokal
  • Academic philanthropists
  • Writing to be read
  • From author to reader
  • Why we read.

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