Expanding the American mind
Subtitle: popularization and the dissemination of knowledge
By: Beth Luey.
Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Amherst
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781558498167; 9781558498174
Subjects: Books and reading -- United States -- History; Communication in learning and scholarship -- United States -- History; Authors and readers -- United States -- History; Publishers and publishing -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Non : the prefix that changes what, and how, we read; title: A brief history of popularization; title: A highly educated public; title: From Snow to Sokal; title: Academic philanthropists; title: Writing to be read; title: From author to reader; title: Why we read.