The Culture of the Europeans: From 1800 to the PresentHarperPress, 2006 - 1617 pages "This wide-ranging and hugely ambitious book offers, for the first time ever, an integrated history of the culture produced and consumed by Europeans since 1800, and follows its transformation from an elite activity to a mass market - from lending libraries to the internet, from the first public concerts to music downloads."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 36
... English ? Thanks to immigration and the rapidly expanding British Empire , English gained ground over French and Spanish throughout the nineteenth century . Firmly implanted in the USA , English became the language of forcibly deported ...
... English ? Thanks to immigration and the rapidly expanding British Empire , English gained ground over French and Spanish throughout the nineteenth century . Firmly implanted in the USA , English became the language of forcibly deported ...
Page 174
... English ( 3,082 ) .61 German followed with 1,817 , and then Italian with 1,210 . There were 845 translations from Ancient Greek , and 339 from Spanish . There were more translations from Hebrew ( ninety ) and Arabic ( eighty - six ) ...
... English ( 3,082 ) .61 German followed with 1,817 , and then Italian with 1,210 . There were 845 translations from Ancient Greek , and 339 from Spanish . There were more translations from Hebrew ( ninety ) and Arabic ( eighty - six ) ...
Page 280
... English mixed with Dutch or German . In the seventeenth century , particularly during the Puritan Interregnum , when the Parliament Ordinance of 1642 led to the closing of theatres and the disbanding of acting companies , the English ...
... English mixed with Dutch or German . In the seventeenth century , particularly during the Puritan Interregnum , when the Parliament Ordinance of 1642 led to the closing of theatres and the disbanding of acting companies , the English ...
Contents
The PreConditions Sources of Cultural Expansion | 3 |
Triumphant Languages | 21 |
Publishing | 41 |
Copyright | |
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