Cultural history of reading.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Watling, Gabrielle.
• Quay, Sara E.

Series:

• Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Books and reading--Social aspects--History.
• Books and reading--Social aspects--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2 volumes) : illustrations

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is it about some books that makes them timeless? Cultural History of Reading looks at books from their earliest beginnings through the present day, in both the U.S. and regions all over the world. Not only fiction and literature, but religious works, dictionaries, scientific works, and home guides such as Mrs. Beeton's all have had an impact on not only their own time and place, but continue to capture the attention of readers today. Volume 1 examines the history of books in regions throughout the world, identifying both literature and nonfiction that was influenced by cultural events of

Contents:

• Volume 1; Contents; Preface; PART 1 THE AMERICAS; Chapter 1 Canada; Chapter 2 Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean; Chapter 3 The Latin American Diaspora; PART 2 EUROPE AND BRITAIN; Chapter 4 Ancient Greece and Rome; Chapter 5 Establishment of Christianity; Chapter 6 Medieval Period; Chapter 7 The Renaissance; Chapter 8 The Enlightenment; Chapter 9 Romanticism and the Nineteenth Century; Chapter 10 Modernism; Chapter 11 Post-Modernism; Chapter 12 A Note on the Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia; PART 3 ASIA AND THE PACIFIC; Chapter 13 Imperial China; Chapter 14 Modern China
• Chapter 15 JapanChapter 16 Korea; Chapter 17 Australia and New Zealand; Chapter 18 The South Pacific and Melanesia; Chapter 19 A Note on Southeast Asia; PART 4 SOUTH ASIA AND THE INDIAN SUB-CONTINENT (INDIA, PAKISTAN, BANGLADESH, SRI LANKA); Chapter 20 The Classical Period; Chapter 21 European Arrival and the Colonial Period; Chapter 22 Independence; Chapter 23 Contemporary Period; PART 5 AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST; Chapter 24 The Pre- and Early Islamic Period; Chapter 25 The Ottoman Empire; Chapter 26 The Modern Middle East; Chapter 27 Post-Colonial Africa
• Appendix-Representative Bibliographies for Other Reading AreasIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Z; About the Contributors; Volume 2; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Reading in the Era of Discovery and Exploration: Prior to 1700; Chapter 2 Reading during Settlement and Colonization: 1700-1776; Chapter 3 Reading and the New Republic: 1776-1820; Chapter 4 Reading and National Identity: 1820-1860; Chapter 5 Reading Slavery and the Civil War: 1861-1865; Chapter 6 Reading and the Growth of a Nation: 1865-1913
• Chapter 7 Reading from the Great War through the Great Depression: 1914-1940Chapter 8 Reading and the Second World War: 1941-1960; Chapter 9 Reading Rebellions and Countercultures: 1960-1979; Chapter 10 Reading and the (Sub)cultures of the Late Twentieth Century: 1979-1999; Chapter 11 Reading in the Twenty-First Century: 2000-2007; Recommended Readings; Index; A; B; C; E; F; G; H; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Contributors

Notes:

• Description based on print version record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9798400635052
• 9786612419942
• 9781282419940
• 1282419943
• 9780313071676
• 0313071675

OCLC:

436170109