The English Common Reader: A Social History of the Mass Reading Public, 1800-1900

By Richard D. Altick

Book Overview

The English Common Reader was the first comprehensive and systematic exploration of how the ordinary Englishman became a reader. A rich social history as well as a history of the English reading... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0000CJSJH
• Release Date: January 1957
• Publisher: University of Chicago
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.