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 453
... sold 40,000 in the first eight weeks , while Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter ( 1850 ) after six months had sold only 5,000 and he had been quite pleased with that.48 But , of course , Hawthorne could only see the successful writers , and ...
... sold 40,000 in the first eight weeks , while Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter ( 1850 ) after six months had sold only 5,000 and he had been quite pleased with that.48 But , of course , Hawthorne could only see the successful writers , and ...
Page 490
... sold 70–80,000 copies.3 Books also signalled status . The prestige of a middle - class professional home would be enhanced by the presence on its shelves of major and recog- nised authors , such as Shakespeare in Britain , Voltaire in ...
... sold 70–80,000 copies.3 Books also signalled status . The prestige of a middle - class professional home would be enhanced by the presence on its shelves of major and recog- nised authors , such as Shakespeare in Britain , Voltaire in ...
Page 1026
... sold 3,000 copies . The prize did boost sales , but , by the end of 1920 it had sold as much as the first book of À la Recherche , Du Coté de chez Swann -15,000 copies . Meanwhile , Les Croix de bois - which had already sold 17,000 ...
... sold 3,000 copies . The prize did boost sales , but , by the end of 1920 it had sold as much as the first book of À la Recherche , Du Coté de chez Swann -15,000 copies . Meanwhile , Les Croix de bois - which had already sold 17,000 ...
Contents
The PreConditions Sources of Cultural Expansion | 3 |
Triumphant Languages | 21 |
Publishing | 41 |
Copyright | |
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