Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book by Hall, David D.

Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781558490499)

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Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book by Hall, David D.

Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book

$26.95
Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book by Hall, David D.

Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book

$26.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: David D. Hall
ISBN-10: 1558490493
ISBN-13: 9781558490499
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Language: English
Published: 10/31/1996
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.17h x 5.96w x 0.61d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/15/1996 pg. 58
By David D. Hall
By David D. Hall
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David D. Hall teaches American religious and cultural history at Harvard University. His books include Worlds of Wonder, Days of Judgment: Popular Religious Belief in Early New England and he is general editor of the multivolume History of the Book in America.

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