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The ENGLISH COMMON READER: A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800–1900, Second Edition

by RICHARD D. ALTICK
The Ohio State University Press, 1998
Cloth: 978-0-8142-0793-2 | Paper: 978-0-8142-0794-9
Library of Congress Classification Z1003.5.G7A53 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification 28.90941

TOC

  • Contents 
    • Foreword
      • Rose, Jonathan
    • Preface to the Second Edition
    • Preface
    • Introduction
    • THE BACKGROUND: 1477–1800
      • 1. 
      • From Caxton to the Eighteenth Century
      • 2. 
      • The Eighteenth Century
      • 3. 
      • The Time of Crisis, 1791–1800
    • THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
      • 4. 
      • The Social Background
      • 5. 
      • Religion
      • 6. 
      • The Utilitarian Spirit
      • 7. 
      • Elementary Education and Literacy
      • 8. 
      • Secondary Education
      • 9. 
      • The Mechanics Institutes and After
      • 10. 
      • Public Libraries
      • 11. 
      • The Self-Made Reader
      • 12. 
      • The Book Trade, 1800–1850
      • 13. 
      • The Book Trade, 1851–1900
      • 14. 
      • Periodicals and Newspapers, 1800–1850
      • 15. 
      • Periodicals and Newspapers, 1851–1900
      • 16. 
      • The Past and the Present
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A. 
      • Chronology of the Mass Reading Public, 1774–1900
      • Appendix B. 
      • Best-Sellers
      • Appendix C. 
      • Periodical and Newspaper Circulation
    • BIBLIOGRAPHY
      • Bibliography
    • SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
      • Supplementary Bibliography
    • INDEX
      • Index
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