The English Common Reader

The English Common Reader A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800-1900

2nd Edition

Hardback (01 Aug 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Attempts to study, from the historian's viewpoint, the place of reading in the industrial and increasingly democratic society of 19th- century England, with chapters on education and literacy, public libraries, the book trade, and periodicals and newspapers. First published in 1957 by The University of Chicago, this second edition is identical to t

Book information

ISBN: 9780814207932
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Imprint: The Ohio State University Press
Pub date:
Edition: 2nd Edition
DEWEY: 028.90941
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 448
Weight: 771g
Height: 241mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 31mm