Richard Davis: A Colonial Southern Bookshelf
A Colonial Southern Bookshelf
Buch
- Reading in the Eighteenth Century
- Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp, 10/2021
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780820359762
- Bestellnummer: 10719427
- Umfang: 158 Seiten
- Gewicht: 209 g
- Maße: 216 x 140 mm
- Stärke: 9 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 15.10.2021
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
A Colonial Southern Bookshelf studies popular books among southern readers in eighteenth-century America. From booksellers' lists and sale catalogs, Richard Beale Davis's study focuses on three key groups of literature: books in law, politics, and history; books on religious topics; and belles lettres. His examination of the colonial southern library suggests many revealing conclusions: persons of many social and economic levels owned and read books; literacy was more widespread than many historians have perceived; the vast majority of the books in southern libraries were published in England and Europe; and colonial newspapers constituted an important influence on cultural tastes. A Colonial Southern Bookshelf takes a historical look at the popular reading lists of the time and what they say about society in eighteenth-century America.Mehr von Richard Davis
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