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The Culture of Print - Power and the Uses of Print in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover)
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The Culture of Print - Power and the Uses of Print in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover)
Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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The leading historians who are the authors of this work offer a
highly original account of one of the most important
transformations in Western culture: the change brought about by the
discovery and development of printing in Europe. Focusing primarily
on printed matter other than books, The Culture of Print emphasizes
the specific and local contexts in which printed materials, such as
broadsheets, flysheets, and posters, were used in modern Europe.
The authors show that festive, ritual, cultic, civic, and pedagogic
uses of print were social activities that involved deciphering
texts in a collective way, with those who knew how to read leading
those who did not. Only gradually did these collective forms of
appropriation give way to a practice of reading--privately,
silently, using the eyes alone--that has become common today. This
wide-ranging work opens up new historical and methodological
perspectives and will become a focal point of debate for historians
and sociologists interested in the cultural transformations that
accompanied the rise of modern societies. Originally published in
1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books
while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase
access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of
books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in
1905.
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