Print Culture in a Diverse America
Edited by James P. Danky and Wayne A. Wiegand
University of Illinois Press, 1998. ISBN 0-252-02398-6 hardback; ISBN 0-252-06699-5

In the modern era there arose a prolific and vibrant print culture -- books, newspapers, and magazines issued by and for diverse, often marginalized, groups. This long-overdue collection offers a unique foray into the multicultural world of reading and readers in the United States.

Interdisciplinary essays examine the many ways print culture functions within different groups; they link gender, class, and ethnicity to the uses and goals of a wide variety of publications; and they explore the role print materials play in constructing certain historical events; such as the Titanic disaster. The volume includes exemplary scholarship in history, library studies, literature, journalism, and mass communications.

"Provocative and useful, this volume stands as a counterpart to a wide range of material on print culture in American history." -- John C. Nerone, editor of Last Rights: Revisting Four Theories of the Press and author of Violence Against the Press: Policing the Public Sphere in U.S. History

Available from University of Illinois Press, P.O. Box 4856, Hampden Post Office, Baltimore MD 21211
www.press.uillinois.edu/f98/danky.html

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