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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
    Publication Date: 05/05/2005
    ISBN13: 9780719055270, 978-0719055270
    ISBN10: 071905527X
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    European history: medieval period, middle ages History and Archaeology Social and cultural history

    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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