03782nam 2200937 a 450 991082290640332120240313080014.01-84779-432-710.7765/9781847794321(CKB)2670000000276891(EBL)1069674(OCoLC)818847451(SSID)ssj0000758471(PQKBManifestationID)12269598(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000758471(PQKBWorkID)10780751(PQKB)10286336(OCoLC)957516165(MdBmJHUP)muse77863(OCoLC)1132220251(Au-PeEL)EBL1069674(CaPaEBR)ebr10627276(CaONFJC)MIL843508(MiAaPQ)EBC1069674(MiAaPQ)EBC4083800(DE-B1597)660505(DE-B1597)9781847794321(EXLCZ)99267000000027689120050914d2005 fy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReading Ireland print, reading, and social change in early modern Ireland /Raymond Gillespie1st ed.Manchester Manchester University Press ;New York Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave20051 online resource (232 p.)Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern BritainPolitics, culture, and society in early modern BritainDescription based upon print version of record.0-7190-8782-1 0-7190-5527-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The conditions of print -- The development of print -- The strategies of reading.This fascinating and innovative study explores the lives of people living in early modern Ireland through the books and printed ephemera which they bought, borrowed or stole from others. While the importance of books and printing in influencing the outlook of early modern people is well known, recent years have seen significant changes in our understanding of how writing and print shaped lives, and was in turn shaped by those who appropriated the written word. This book draws on this literature to shed light on the changes that took place in this unusual European society. The author finds thatPolitics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.Books and readingIrelandHistory16th centuryBooks and readingIrelandHistory17th centuryPrintingIrelandHistory16th centuryPrintingIrelandHistory17th centurySocial changeIrelandHistory16th centurySocial changeIrelandHistory17th centuryIrelandSocial conditions16th centuryIrelandSocial conditions17th centurybooksellers.colonization.early modern Ireland.idea transmission.intellectual commodity.material commodity.print technology.printed ephemera.printed word.social meaning.traditional exchange economy.Books and readingHistoryBooks and readingHistoryPrintingHistoryPrintingHistorySocial changeHistorySocial changeHistory306.420941509031Gillespie Raymond1694363MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822906403321Reading Ireland4106150UNINA