Raymond Gillespie

Reading Ireland

Print, reading and social change in early modern Ireland

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Produktbeschreibung

An innovative book revealing the impact of print on social change in early modern Ireland

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 365g
• ISBN-13: 9780719087820
• ISBN-10: 0719087821
• Artikelnr.: 35561618

Autorenporträt

Raymond Gillespie is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at National University of Ireland, Maynooth

Inhaltsangabe

1. The social meaning of print 2. The context of print: the growth of a
written culture 3. The coming of the book, 1500-1650 4. The triumph of
print, 1650-1700 5. Reading for salvation 6. Reading for power 7. Reading
for profit and pleasure Appendix Index