When Russia Learned to Read: Literacy and Popular Literature, 1861-1917

The rise of literacy in late nineteenth-century Russia, and its influence on "high literature" and low, and on economic development

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About the author

Jeffrey Brooks, professor of history at The Johns Hopkins University, is the author of Thank You, Comrade Stalin! Soviet Public Culture from Revolution to Cold War (Princeton, 2000). When Russia Learned to Read: Literacy and Popular Literature, 1861-1917 was awarded the prestigious Wayne S. Vucinich Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in 1986.

Summary

Late Imperial Russia's revolution in literacy touched nearly every aspect of daily life and culture, from social mobility and national identity to the sensibilities and projects of the country's writers. This title tells the story of this profound transformation of culture, custom and belief.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Brooks
• Assisted by: Jeffrey Brooks (Editor), Caryl Emerson (Editor)
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 20
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2003
• EAN: 9780810118973
• ISBN: 978-0-8101-1897-3
• No. of pages: 488
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 233 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 676 g
• Series: Studies in Russian Literature; Studies in Russian Literature and Theory; Studies in Russian Literature; Studies in Russian Literature and Theory
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History