| Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book Contributor(s): Hall, David D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558490493 ISBN-13: 9781558490499 Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press OUR PRICE: $26.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: "Hall expertly lays out the state of our knowledge in the areas of printing, literacy, reading, and the interchange between learned and popular culture in early America. He then argues for a new approach to the early American cultures of print. By stressing how print was used rather than dwelling on quantitative studies of book production and distribution, Hall sketches a fuller, more human picture of early American culture". |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Books & Reading - Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishers & Publishing Industry - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 002.097 |
| LCCN: 96018430 |
| Lexile Measure: 1550 |
| Series: Studies in Print Culture and the History of the Book (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.96" W x 9.17" (0.71 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How did people in early America understand the authority of print and how was this authority sustained and contested? These questions are at the heart of this set of pathbreaking essays in the history of the book by one of America's leading practitioners in this interdisciplinary field. David D. Hall examines the interchange between popular and learned cultures and the practices of reading and writing. His writings deal with change and continuity, exploring the possibility of a reading revolution and arguing for the long duration of a Protestant vernacular tradition. A newly written essay on book culture in the early Chesapeake describes a system of scribal publication. The pieces reflect Hall's belief that the better we understand the production and consumption of books, the closer we come to a social history of culture. |