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In the Public Eye: A History of Reading in Modern France, 1800-1940
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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In the Public Eye: A History of Reading in Modern France, 1800-1940
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) James Smith Allen
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| Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:374 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Library and information sciences |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691604190
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| Classifications | Dewey:028.90944 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
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Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
14 July 2014 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Robert Darnton, Roger Chartier, and others have written much on the history of reading in the Old Regime, but this is the first broad study of reading to focus on the period after 1800. How and why did people understand texts as they did in modern France? In answering this question, James Allen moves easily from one interpretive framework to anothe
ReviewsFinalist for the 1993 Pinkney Prize, Society for French Historical Studies
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