A history of reading and writing : in the western world / Martyn Lyons.
| Author/creator |
Lyons, Martyn |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. |
| Description | viii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subject(s) |
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| Contents | What is the history of reading and writing? -- Reading and writing in the ancient and medieval world -- Was there a printing revolution? -- Print and the Protestant Reformation -- Renaissance books and humanist readers -- Print and popular culture -- The rise of literacy in the early modern West, c. 1600-c.1800 -- Censorship and the reading public in pre-revolutionary France -- The reading fever, 1750-1830 -- The age of the mass reading public -- New readers and reading cultures -- The democratisation of writing, 1800 to the present -- Readers and writers in the digital age |
| Summary | Lyons surveys the changing relationships enjoyed by ordinary men and women with the written word, from early times to the present day. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009047020 |
| ISBN | 9780230001619 |
| ISBN | 0230001610 |
| ISBN | 9780230001626 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0230001629 (pbk.) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | Z4 .L69 2010 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |