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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gabrielle Watling; Sara E Quay |
| ISBN: | 9780313337444 0313337446 9780313337451 0313337454 9780313337468 0313337462 |
| OCLC Number: | 193174752 |
| Description: | 2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | v. 1. World literature / edited by Gabrielle Watling -- v. 2. American literature / edited by Sara E. Quay. Vol. 1. table of contents: Pt. 1. The Americas -- 1. Canada / Diana Chlebek -- 2. Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean / Sergio Inestrosa ; translated by James L. Citron -- 3. The Latin American diaspora / Molly Metherd -- Pt. 2. Europe and Britain -- 4. Ancient Greece and Rome / Hannah Platts -- 5. Establishment of Christianity / Tiffany Yecke Brooks -- 6. Medieval period / K. Sarah-Jane Murray and Emily Rodgers -- 7. The Renaissance / Carme Font Paz and Joan Curbet -- 9. Romanticism and the nineteenth century / Diana Chlebek -- 10. Modernism / Malin Lidström Brock -- 11. Post-modernism / Malin Lidström Brock -- 12. A note on the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia / Ksanna Mazhurina -- Pt. 3. Asia and the Pacific -- 13. Imperial China / Evan Lampe -- 14. Modern China / Evan Lampe -- 15. Japan / Samaya L.S. Chanthaphavong -- 16. Korea / Jihee Han -- 17. Australia and New Zealand / Alison Bartlett -- 18. The South Pacific and Melanesia / Andrew Peek -- 19. A note on Southeast Asia / Gabrielle Watling -- Pt. 4. South Asia and the Indian sub-continent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) -- 20. The classical period / Todd Rohman -- 21. European arrival and the colonial period / Tom Severson -- 22. Independence / Rochelle Almeida -- 23. Contemporary period / Rochelle Almeida -- Pt. 5. Africa and the Middle East -- 24. The pre- and early Islamic period / John A. Morrow -- 25. The Ottoman Empire / Özgen Felek -- 26. The modern Middle East / Firat Oruc -- 27. Post-colonial Africa / Walter P. Collins III. Vol. 2. table of contents: 1. Reading in the era of discovery and exploration, prior to 1700 / Martin J. Manning -- 2. Reading during settlement and colonization, 1700-1776 / William Burns -- 3. Reading and the new republic, 1776-1820 / Jennifer Harris -- 4. Reading and national identity, 1820-1860 / Matthew D. Brown -- 5. Reading slavery and the Civil War, 1861-1865 / Jessica Forbes Roberts -- 6. Reading and the growth of a nation, 1865-1913 / David Bordelon -- 7. Reading from the Great War through the Great Depression, 1914-1940 / C.B. Ricciardi -- 8. Reading and the Second World War, 1941-1960 / Debra A. Mulligan -- 9. Reading rebellions and countercultures, 1960-1979 / Lana Thompson -- 10. Reading and the (sub)cultures of the late twentieth century, 1979-1999 / Alex Feerst -- 11. Reading in the twenty-first century, 2000-2007 / Elizabeth Spies. |
Abstract:
"Explores what people have read and why they have read it at different times and in different places in America and around the world ... Links key cultural changes and events to the reading material of the period ... Traces reading trends through an exploration of types of texts as well as specific examples of books, magazines, and political treatises that were influential and/or widely read ... Each chapter includes a timeline of events and an introduction to the region/time period that point out major events of the time or region that would have influenced what and how people read. An overview of reading trends and practices traces key trends in reading practices, including the development of lending libraries, the rise of the novel, and the impact of technology. The book also explores the relationship between popular reading materials and cultural change"--From Intro., p. [xi].
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