The English Common Reader: A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800-1900
by Richard D. Altick
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A terrific look at how libraries and periodicals exploded in the nineteenth century. Solid, old-school writing, free of -isms and hand-wringing, and jargon.
This book changed my whole outlook on books and reading and really opened my eyes to the vital roles played by the printing press and libraries on the education of the masses. Wonderfully readable it was a joy from beginning to end.
A heartening and inspirational book written by an enthusiast of reading and LIbraries. It demonstrates the crucial role Libraries have played in the active encouragement and promotion of reading and learning.
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Richard D. Altick is Regents' Professor of English Emeritus, The Ohio State University, and an internationally recognized authority on Victorian literature and social history. Mr. Altick's many books are familiar to academics but this memoir draws most upon his love for his birthplace and his sense of the American experience
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- Original publication date
- 1957
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- Nonfiction, History, Literature Studies and Criticism, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 028.9 — Computer science, information & general works Library & information sciences Reading and use of other information media Character of reading in libraries
- LCC
- Z1003 .A57 — Bibliography, Library Science and Information Resources General bibliography Biography of bibliographers
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- English
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