Reading the Scottish Enlightenment : books and their readers in provincial Scotland, 1750-1820 /

Reading the Scottish Enlightenment : books and their readers in provincial Scotland, 1750-1820 /

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Author / Creator:	Towsey, Mark R. M.
Imprint:	Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 361 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Library of the written word ; v. 10 The handpress world ; v. 5 Library of the written word ; 10. Library of the written word. Handpress world ; 5.
Subject:	Books and reading -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century. Books and reading -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century. Enlightenment -- Scotland. Reading interests -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century. Reading interests -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century. Libraries -- Scotland -- History -- 18th century. Libraries -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century. Philosophy, Scottish. Books and reading. Enlightenment. Intellectual life. Libraries. Philosophy, Scottish. Reading interests. Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century. Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. Scotland. Electronic books. Electronic books -- History. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11246842

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ISBN:	9789004193512 9004193510 1283039214 9781283039215 9789004184329 9004184325 9786613039217 6613039217
Notes:	Based on the author's thesis, Ph. D., St. Andrews University, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-360) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The Handpress World explores the impact of the invention of printing by moveable type from the first experiments of the incunabula age through to the end of the eighteenth century. In this crucial period of book history the new technology both transformed established markets for scholarly and religious literature and found a new public through the rise of the pamphlet and later the newspaper. The series will investigate every aspect of this cultural transformation, from the promotion in print of the great intellectual movements of the day through to the birth of the public library. --Book Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Towsey, Mark R.M. Reading the Scottish Enlightenment. Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004184329
Standard no.:	10.1163/ej.9789004184329.i-364

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Summary:	It has become commonplace in recent decades for scholars to identify in the books of the Scottish Enlightenment the intellectual origins of the modern world, but little attention has yet been paid to its impact on contemporary readers. Drawing on a range of innovatory methodologies associated with the burgeoning interdisciplinary field of the history of reading, this book explores the reception of books by David Hume, Adam Smith, William Robertson and Thomas Reid (amongst many others), assessing their impact on the lives, beliefs and habits of mind of readers across the social scale. In the process, the book offers a fascinating new perspective on the fundamental importance of personal reading experiences to the social history of the Enlightenment.
Item Description:	Based on the author's thesis, Ph. D., St. Andrews University, 2007.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 361 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-360) and index.
ISBN:	9789004193512 9004193510 1283039214 9781283039215 9789004184329 9004184325 9786613039217 6613039217