The Culture of print : power and the uses of print in early modern Europe / Alain Boureau [and five others] ; edited by Roger Chartier ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane
by Chartier, Roger
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- ISBN 13
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 21cm; 376 pages : illustrations. Notes: Translation of: Les usages de l'imprim�.Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- General Introduction: Print Culture / Chartier, Roger -- Introduction -- 1. Franciscan Piety and Voracity: Uses and Strategems in the Hagiographic Pamphlet / Boureau, Alain -- 2. The Hanged Woman Miraculously Saved: An occasionnel / Chartier, Roger -- 3. Tales as a Mirror: Perrault in the Biblioth�que bleue / Velay-Vallantin, Catherine -- INTRODUCTION -- 4. Books of Hours and the Reading Habits of the Later Middle Ages / Saenger, Paul -- 5. From Ritual to the Hearth: Marriage Charters in Seventeenth-Century Lyons / Chartier, Roger -- 6. Reading unto Death: Books and Readers in Eighteenth-Century Bohemia / Ducreux, Marie-Elisabeth -- INTRODUCTION -- 7. Readability and Persuasion: Political Handbills / Jouhaud, Christian -- 8. Books of Emblems on the Public Stage: C�t� jardin and c�t� cour / Boureau, Alain -- 9. Printing the Event: From La Rochelle to Paris / Jouhaud, Christian -- Index.Subjects: Geschichte 1250-1789. Geschichte 1250-1789. Printing History.Books and reading History.Imprimerie Histoire.Livres et lecture Histoire.HISTORY General.CRAFTS & HOBBIES Book Printing & Binding. DESIGN Book. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades. Books and reading.Civilization. Printing. Printing. Printing Europe.Books and reading Europe History. Printing Europe History. Printing Social aspects Europe. Printing History. Books and reading History. Books and reading Europe History. Knowledge, Sociology of. Popular literature Europe History.Printing Europe History.Publishers and publishing Europe. Communication and culture. Periodicals Publishing of. Books Europe History. Books and reading Social aspects Europe. Popular culture Europe History. Industrielle und handwerkliche Fertigung. Books and reading. Civilization.Geschichte. Knowledge, Sociology of. Popular literature Europe History.Books and reading Europe.Engineering, other. Engineering. Natural Sciences. Printing Europe Early modern history.Culture Europe Early modern history. Printing Social aspects Europe. Cultuuroverdracht.Boekdrukkunst. Vroeg moderne tijd. Books and reading France History. Printing France History. ommunication and culture.
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- The Culture of print : power and the uses of print in early modern Europe / Alain Boureau [and five others] ; edited by Roger Chartier ; translated by Lydia G. Cochrane
- Author
- Chartier, Roger
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0745605753
- ISBN 13
- 9780745605753
- Publisher
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1989
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