Colonial Book Market - Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment

Informationen zum Autor Agnes Gehbald is a Lecturer in Modern History at Bern University. Her research focuses on the study of printing and book history, the Viceroyalty of Peru, and transatlantic connections. This is her first book. Klappentext "Tracing the variety of printed commodities that were circulating in the urban sphere, Agnes Gehbald provides a comprehensive study of print culture in Peru in the decades before Independence. An important volume for those interested in the history of books beyond the European market"-- Zusammenfassung Tracing the variety of printed commodities that were circulating in the urban sphere, Agnes Gehbald provides a comprehensive study of print culture in Peru in the decades before Independence. An important volume for those interested in the history of books beyond the European market. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: a social history of books; 1. Colonial confines; 2. Growing supplies; 3. An expanding market; 4. Bestselling genres; 5. The reach of reading material; Conclusion: a community of readers across the Atlantic; Appendix A: bibliographic categories; Appendix B: printing workshops in Lima, c. 1760-1820; Appendix C: book trade personnel in Lima, 1770-1822; Appendix D: map of the sites of printing and bookselling in Lima, 1760-1822; Appendix E: boxes with books imported to Callao, 1776-1818; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Agnes Gehbald, Agnes (Universitat Bern Gehbald
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781009360852
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0936085-2
• No. of pages: 416
• Series: Cambridge Latin American Studies; Cambridge Latin American Studi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Peru, History of Ideas, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799, Prints and printmaking, c 1800 to c 1809