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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... Europe , except for the ( Catholic ) southern German states . By the middle of the nineteenth century the most literate areas in Europe were Germany , Holland , Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries.46 Where was Europe's literacy ...
... Europe , except for the ( Catholic ) southern German states . By the middle of the nineteenth century the most literate areas in Europe were Germany , Holland , Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries.46 Where was Europe's literacy ...
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... Europe , but also in the very low level of European export to the USA . A rough description of the two - way traffic would go like this . In the nineteenth century Europe exported its culture to the USA . This culture originated mainly ...
... Europe , but also in the very low level of European export to the USA . A rough description of the two - way traffic would go like this . In the nineteenth century Europe exported its culture to the USA . This culture originated mainly ...
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... Europe ( east and west ) 1,026 films were produced in 1986 , but only 630 in 1994 – still more than in the USA.12 Much of this drop was due to the collapse of the eastern European cinema . In 1975 eastern Europe had greater seating ...
... Europe ( east and west ) 1,026 films were produced in 1986 , but only 630 in 1994 – still more than in the USA.12 Much of this drop was due to the collapse of the eastern European cinema . In 1975 eastern Europe had greater seating ...
Contents
The PreConditions Sources of Cultural Expansion | 3 |
Triumphant Languages | 21 |
Publishing | 41 |
Copyright | |
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