Reading in America
Subtitle: Literature and Social History
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: July 1, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780801837999
Subjects: Literacy; Publishing industry; Literature and society; Literature - Classics / Criticism; History: American; Books & Reading; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Semiotics & Theory; Literary Criticism & Collections / Theory; Books And Reading; History; Social aspects; United States
First sentence: Histoire du livre in France, Geschichte des Buchwesens in Germany, "history of book" or "of the book" in English-speaking countries-its name varies from place to place, but everywhere it is being recognized as an important new discipline.