A colonial book market : Peruvian print culture in the age of enlightenment / Agnes Gehbald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gehbald, Agnes, 1988- author.

Series:

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 129.

Cambridge Latin American studies ; 129

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book industries and trade--Peru--History--18th century.

Book industries and trade.

Book industries and trade--Peru--History--19th century.

Books and reading--Peru--History--18th century.

Books and reading.

Books and reading--Peru--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 374 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

This volume provides a wholly original social history of books in late colonial Peru. From the second half of the eighteenth century onward, workshops in Lima and transoceanic imports supplied the market with unprecedented quantities of print publications. By tracing the variety of printed commodities that were circulating in the urban sphere, as well as analysing the spatiality of the trade and the materiality of the books themselves, Agnes Gehbald assesses the meaning of print culture in the everyday lives of the viceroyalty. She reveals how books permeated late colonial society on a broad scale and how they figured as objects in the inventories of diverse individuals, both women and men, who, in previous centuries, had been far less likely to possess them. Deeply researched and profound, A Colonial Book Market uncovers how people in Peruvian cities gained access to reading material and participated in the global Enlightenment project.

Contents:

Introduction: A Social History of Books

Colonial Confines

Growing Supplies

An Expanding Market

Bestselling Genres

The Reach of Reading Material

Conclusion: A Community of Readers across the Atlantic

Appendix A. Bibliographic Categories

Appendix B. Printing Workshops in Lima, c. 1760-

Appendix C. Book Trade Personnel in Lima, 1770-

Appendix D. Map of the Sites of Printing and Bookselling in Lima, 1760-

Appendix E. Boxes with Books Imported to Callao, 1776-.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Nov 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009360876 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.