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0 The spread of culture: Subscription libraries in France in the nineteenth century

Literacy, Narrative and Culture, 2002, p.169-183

ISBN: 9780700714971 ;ISBN: 0700714979 ;EISBN: 9781315029009 ;EISBN: 9781136858031 ;EISBN: 1315029006 ;EISBN: 1136858032 ;DOI: 10.4324/9781315029009-16

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    0 The spread of culture: Subscription libraries in France in the nineteenth century
  • Author: Brockmeier, Jens ; Wang, Min ; Olson, David R.
  • Is Part Of: Literacy, Narrative and Culture, 2002, p.169-183
  • Description: The following reflexions on the nature and function of the cabinets de lecture I should be understood against a background familiar to students of modem cultural history, namely the exponential growth in the number of readers in most European countries between the end of the 18th century and the end of the 19th. While accurate figures are hard to come by, one may safely assert that in 1790, the majority of French men and women were unable to read; and that, by 1890, this situation was reversed. Before discussing the role of the lending libraries in this, surely the quietest of modem revolutions, it might be helpful to recall five contributory factors along the road which was meant to lead to universal literacy: (1) In 1833, a year after a similar Reform Bill in England, Fran,
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780700714971
    ISBN: 0700714979
    EISBN: 9781315029009
    EISBN: 9781136858031
    EISBN: 1315029006
    EISBN: 1136858032
    DOI: 10.4324/9781315029009-16
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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