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Gary Marker describes the pursuit of an effective public voice by political, Church, and literary elites in Russia as synonymous with the struggle to control the printed media, showing that Russian publishing and printing evolved in a way that sharply diverged from Western experiences but that proved to be highly significant for Russian society. O



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*ONE. Printing and the Petrine Revolution, pg. 17*TWO. The Church and the Academy, pg. 41*THREE. Schools and Publishers, pg. 70*FOUR. The Emergence of Private Publishing, pg. 103*FIVE. Publishing in the Provinces, pg. 135*SIX. The Russian Book Trade, pg. 152*SEVEN. Book Sales and Reading, pg. 184*EIGHT. Censorship, pg. 212*Conclusion, pg. 233*Notes, pg. 237*Bibliography, pg. 283*Index, pg. 289

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/07/2014
      ISBN13: 9780691611624, 978-0691611624
      ISBN10: 0691611629

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Gary Marker describes the pursuit of an effective public voice by political, Church, and literary elites in Russia as synonymous with the struggle to control the printed media, showing that Russian publishing and printing evolved in a way that sharply diverged from Western experiences but that proved to be highly significant for Russian society. O



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Tables, pg. ix*Preface, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*ONE. Printing and the Petrine Revolution, pg. 17*TWO. The Church and the Academy, pg. 41*THREE. Schools and Publishers, pg. 70*FOUR. The Emergence of Private Publishing, pg. 103*FIVE. Publishing in the Provinces, pg. 135*SIX. The Russian Book Trade, pg. 152*SEVEN. Book Sales and Reading, pg. 184*EIGHT. Censorship, pg. 212*Conclusion, pg. 233*Notes, pg. 237*Bibliography, pg. 283*Index, pg. 289

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