Popular reading and publishing in britain 1914-1950
Auteur :
McAleer, Joseph
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780198203292
Date de publication :
10 déc. 1992
Dimensions :
22,0 x 14,4 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
496 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Before the advent of television, reading was among the most popular of leisure activities. In this lively and scholarly study, Joseph McAleer draws on a wide variety of resources to examine the size and complexion of the reading public and the development of an increasingly commercialized publishing industry in the early twentieth century.