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Expanding the American mind : books and the popularization of knowledge

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
副題名:	books and the popularization of knowledge
作者:	LueyBeth,
其他團體作者:	Project Muse
出版地:	Amherst
出版者:	University of Massachusetts Press;
出版年:	c2010
面頁冊數:	1 online resource (xi, 218 p.).
標題:	Publishers and publishing - History - United States -
標題:	Authors and readers - History - United States -
標題:	Communication in learning and scholarship - History - United States -
標題:	Books and reading - History - United States -
電子資源:	http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781613760284/
附註:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212) and index
摘要註:	Beth Luey also looks at the readers of popularizations - their motivations for reading, the ways they evaluate nonfiction, and how they choose what to read. This is the first book to use surveys and online reader responses to study nonfiction reading. It also compares the experience of reading serious nonfiction with that of reading other genres."--pub. desc
ISBN:	9781613760284electronic bk.
ISBN:	1613760280electronic bk.
ISBN:	9781558498167hbk.
ISBN:	1558498168hbk.
ISBN:	9781558498174pbk.
ISBN:	1558498176pbk.
內容註:	Non : the prefix that changes what, and how, we read -- A brief history of popularization -- A highly educated public -- From Snow to Sokal-- Academic philanthropists -- Writing to be read -- From author to reader -- Why we read

Expanding the American mind : books and the popularization of knowledge
Luey, Beth

Expanding the American mind : books and the popularization of knowledge / Beth Luey - Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 218 p.)..
Non : the prefix that changes what, and how, we read -- A brief history of popularization -- A highly educated public -- From Snow to Sokal-- Academic philanthropists -- Writing to be read -- From author to reader -- Why we read.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-212) and index.
ISBN 9781613760284ISBN 1613760280ISBN 9781558498167ISBN 1558498168ISBN 9781558498174ISBN 1558498176
Publishers and publishingAuthors and readersCommunication in learning and scholarshipBooks and reading -- History -- History -- History -- History -- United States -- United States -- United States -- United States

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