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The Edinburgh history of reading : common readers / edited by Jonathan Rose.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Edinburgh History of Reading Series.
- The Edinburgh History of Reading Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Books and reading--History.
- Books and reading.
- History.
- Books and reading--England--History--19th century.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (385 pages).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Series
- Title
- Imprint
- Contents
- Figures, Plates and Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Jonathan Rose
- 1. British Commonplace Readers, 1706-1879
- Jillian M. Hess
- 2. Reading in God's Treasure-House: The Societies for Purchasing Books in Leadhills and Wanlockhead, 1741-1820
- Margaret J. Joachim
- 3. The School Library and Childhood Reading in Lowland Scotland, 1750-1850
- Maxine Branagh-Miscampbell
- 4. 'Although ambitious we did not aspire to such dizzy heights': Manuscript Magazines and Communal Reading Practices of London Literary Societies in the Long Nineteenth Century
- Lauren Weiss
- 5. Space and Place in Nineteenth-Century Images of Women Readers
- Amelia Yeates
- 6. Asian Classic Literature and the English General Reader, 1845-1915
- Alexander Bubb
- 7. Readers and Reading During Russia's Literacy Transition, 1850-1950: How Readers Shaped a Great Literature
- Jeffrey Brooks
- 8. F. F. Pavlenkov's Literacy Project: Popular Serials and Reading Rooms for the Russian Masses
- Carol Ueland and Ludmilla A. Trigos
- 9. Formal and Informal Networks of Book Provision for Rural Children in Australia and New Zealand, 1900-60
- Bronwyn Lowe
- 10. Putting Your Best Books Forward: A Historical and Psychological Look at the Presentation of Book Collections
- Nicole Gonzalez and Nick Weir-Williams
- 11. In Search of the Chinese Common Reader: Vernacular Knowledge in an Age of New Media
- Joan Judge
- 12. From 'Bookworms' to 'Scholar-Farmers': Tao Xingzhi and Changing Understandings of Literacy in the Chinese Rural Reconstruction Movement, 1923-34
- Zach Smith
- 13. The Voice of the Reader: The Landscape of Online Book Discussion in the Netherlands, 1997-2016
- Peter Boot
- 14. Novel Ideas: The Promotion of North American Book Club Books and the Creation of Their Readers
- Samantha Rideout and DeNel Rehberg Sedo
- 15. Making the Story Real: Readers, Fans and the Novels of John Green
- Jennifer Burek Pierce
- Select Bibliography
- Index of Methods and Sources
- General Index
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 13, 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rose, Jonathan The Edinburgh History of Reading : Common Readers
- ISBN:
- 9781474461894
- 1474461891
- 9781474461900
- 1474461905
- Publisher Number:
- 99985243537
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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