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Readers and society in nineteenth-century France Workers, women, peasants /

'Martyn Lyons recalls for us the importance of understanding the fragility of lives, the dreams or sufferings of men and women of the past, and the respect we have to pay to the dead souls. The book is well crafted, written with sensitivity and humour, raising historical issues and intellectual...

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Main Authors: Lyons, Martyn, 1946-
Published:
Literature type: Electronic Software eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
French > Books and reading > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > Political aspects > History > 19th century > France.
Reading interests > History > 19th century > France.
Books and reading > Social aspects > History > 19th century > France.
Working class > Books and reading > History > 19th century > France.
Women > Books and reading > History > 19th century > France.
Social & cultural history > c 1800 to c 1900.
European history > c 1800 to c 1900.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 > c 1800 to c 1900.
Literacy > c 1800 to c 1900.
History.
France > Intellectual life > 19th century.
France > Social conditions > 19th century.
French > Books and reading > History > 19th century > Reading interests > France
Online Access: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230287808
Summary: 'Martyn Lyons recalls for us the importance of understanding the fragility of lives, the dreams or sufferings of men and women of the past, and the respect we have to pay to the dead souls. The book is well crafted, written with sensitivity and humour, raising historical issues and intellectual questions which are not at all confined to nineteenth-century France.' - Roger Chartier '...Readers and Society in Nineteenth-Century France is a valuable contribution, and it deserves a wide audience of French historians.' - H-France Book Reviews '...a valuable contribution to its field...' - James Smith Allen, Libraries & Culture.
Item Description: Electronic book text.
Epublication based on: 9780333921265, 2001.
Carrier Form: 224 p.
ISBN: 9780333921265
9780230287808 :
0230287808 :
CLC: I565.35
Contents: Introduction The New Readers of Nineteenth-Century France Reading Workers: Libraries for the People Reading Workers: Improvisation and Resistance Reading Women: From Emma Bovary to the New Woman Reading Women: Defining a Space of Her Own Reading Peasants: The Pragmatic Uses of the Written Word Reading Classes and Dangerous Classes Appendix A: Popular Uses of the Book in Early Twentieth-Century France Appendix B: Thirty Works for Peasant Readers Bibliography Index.

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