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An innovative book revealing the impact of print on social change in early modern Ireland

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"'This book is to be welcomed heartily... the sooner this innovative and exciting study is in print the better.' Toby C. Barnard, Hertford College, Oxford"

Table of Contents

Preface
Note on text
Abbreviations
1. The social meaning of print
Part one
2. The context of print: the growth of a written culture
3. The coming of the book, 1500-1650
4. The triumph of print, 1650-1700
Part two
5. Seading for salvation
6. Reading for power
7. Reading for profit and pleasure
Appendix

Reading Ireland

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      Publisher Manchester University Press
      Published 5 May 2005
      ISBN-13 9780719055270
      978-0719055270
      ISBN-10 071905527X
      Also in:
      History and Archaeology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      An innovative book revealing the impact of print on social change in early modern Ireland

      Trade Review
      "'This book is to be welcomed heartily... the sooner this innovative and exciting study is in print the better.' Toby C. Barnard, Hertford College, Oxford"

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      Note on text
      Abbreviations
      1. The social meaning of print
      Part one
      2. The context of print: the growth of a written culture
      3. The coming of the book, 1500-1650
      4. The triumph of print, 1650-1700
      Part two
      5. Seading for salvation
      6. Reading for power
      7. Reading for profit and pleasure
      Appendix

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