In the Public Eye: A History of Reading in Modern France, 1800-1940

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title In the Public Eye: A History of Reading in Modern France, 1800-1940
Authors and Contributors      By (author) James Smith Allen
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:374
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLibrary and information sciences
ISBN/Barcode 9780691604190
ClassificationsDewey:028.90944
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 14 July 2014
Publication Country United States

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

Reviews

Finalist for the 1993 Pinkney Prize, Society for French Historical Studies