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Printed Matters - Printing, Publishing and Urban Culture in Europe in the Modern Period (Hardcover)
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Printed Matters - Printing, Publishing and Urban Culture in Europe in the Modern Period (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Revivals
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This title was first published in 2002: Since the invention of
printing in the mid-fifteenth century the production, distribution
and consumption of printed matter have been the principal means
through which new ideas and representations have been spread. In
recent times cultural historians have taken a growing interest in
the previously somewhat isolated field of book history, shifting
the study of printing and publishing into the centre of historical
concern. This study of print and printing culture has naturally led
historians to a concern with its urban context. The urban
environment was fundamental to the development of printing from the
outset, since it was in towns that the necessary combination of
technical and entrepreneurial competencies were located, and where
a growing demand for printed texts was to be found. Print permeated
the urban experience at every level, and formed the chief means by
which its ideas, values and beliefs were exported to the rest of
society. In this way print promoted the broader urbanisation of
society, by spreading urban attitudes and ideas beyond the limits
of the city. It is with the urban cultural environment that this
volume is primarily concerned, underlining the centrality of
printing and publishing to the understanding of urban culture.
Focusing particularly on post 1800 France and Germany, it considers
a wide range of printed matter and engages with a number of
recurrent historical issues, such as the role of printing in urban
economies, the construction of metropolitan identities and the
testing of moral boundaries.
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