Adam Fox

The Press and the People

Cheap Print and Society in Scotland, 1500-1785

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Produktbeschreibung

This groundbreaking study examines the production of ephemeral literature and the creation of a mass reading public in lowland Scotland between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. The Press and the People transforms our understanding of popular culture in early modern Scotland and Britain more widely.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 36mm
• Gewicht: 885g
• ISBN-13: 9780198791294
• ISBN-10: 0198791291
• Artikelnr.: 58777834

Autorenporträt

Adam Fox is Professor of Social History at the University of Edinburgh, where he has taught since 1994. His works include the prize-winning Oral and Literate Culture in England 1500-1700 (Oxford University Press, 2000).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Establishing the Market
1: Creating a Reading Public
2: The Edinburgh Book Trade and Vernacular Literature, 1500-1660
3: The Edinburgh Book Trade and Popular Wares, 1660-1785
4: The Book Trade in Aberdeen, Glasgow, and the Smaller Burghs to 1785
5: Street Literature
Part II: Varieties of Cheap Print
6: Handbills and Placards
7: Last Words and Dying Speeches
8: Ballads and Songs
9: Almanacs and Prognostications
10: Little Pamphlets and Story Books
Conclusion