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Reading Spaces in South Africa, 1850-1920s (Paperback)
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Reading Spaces in South Africa, 1850-1920s (Paperback)
Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
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Voluntary societies and government initiatives stimulated the
growth of reading communities in South Africa in the second half of
the nineteenth century. A system of Parliamentary grants to
establish public libraries in country towns and villages nurtured a
lively reading culture. A condition was that the library should be
open free-of-charge to the general public. This became one more
reading space, and others included book societies, reading
societies, literary societies, debating societies, mechanics
institutes, and mutual improvement societies. This Element explains
how reading communities used these spaces to promote cultural and
literary development in a unique ethos of improvement, and to raise
political awareness in South Africa's colonial transition to a
Union government and racial segregation.
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