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New World Literacy: Writing and Culture Across the Atlantic, 1500-1700
Carlos Alberto Gonzalez Sanchez
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Description for New World Literacy: Writing and Culture Across the Atlantic, 1500-1700
Hardback. This book on the role of written and iconographic communication in the Atlantic World combines a broad outlook, geographically and chronologically, with the precise treatment of specific evidence extracted from the sources. This book opens up new worlds on the impact of books and images in the Atlantic World. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
This book on the role of written and iconographic communication in the Atlantic World combines a broad outlook, geographically and chronologically, with the precise treatment of specific evidence extracted from the sources. The author argues that diatribes against chivalric fiction and the Index of Prohibited Books did not prevent proscribed literature from circulating freely on both sides of the Atlantic. On the contrary, he notes, such prohibitions may have increased the lure of certain books. A description of the process of registering and inspecting ships in Seville and upon reaching their destinations highlights opportunities for contraband, smuggling, fraud, and the ... Read more
This book on the role of written and iconographic communication in the Atlantic World combines a broad outlook, geographically and chronologically, with the precise treatment of specific evidence extracted from the sources. The author argues that diatribes against chivalric fiction and the Index of Prohibited Books did not prevent proscribed literature from circulating freely on both sides of the Atlantic. On the contrary, he notes, such prohibitions may have increased the lure of certain books. A description of the process of registering and inspecting ships in Seville and upon reaching their destinations highlights opportunities for contraband, smuggling, fraud, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611480269
SKU
V9781611480269
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99-15
About Carlos Alberto Gonzalez Sanchez
Carlos Alberto Gonzalez is professor of early modern history at the University of Seville.
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