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Colonial Book Market : Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment by Agnes Gehbald (2023, Hardcover)

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Colonial Book Market : Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment, Hardcover by Gehbald, Agnes, ISBN 100936085X, ISBN-13 9781009360852, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Tracing the variety of printed commodities that were circulating in the urban sphere, Agnes Gehbald provides a comprehensive study of print culture in Peru in the decades before Independence. An important volume for those interested in the history of books beyond the European market"--

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-10100936085X

ISBN-139781009360852

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Book TitleColonial Book Market : Peruvian Print Culture in the Age of Enlightenment

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLatin America / General

Publication Year2023

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorAgnes Gehbald

Book SeriesCambridge Latin American Studies

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.1 in

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LCCN2022-058941

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Reviews'It is not the ideas of books that matter here, but themselves, as objects of trade, as things that can be exchanged or even stolen. Tracing the diversity and reach of Peruvian print culture in the age of Enlightenment, Gehbald creates a fascinating narrative of book consumption throughout the viceroyalty and across the Atlantic.' Natalia Majluf, author of Inventing Indigenism: Francisco Laso's Image of Modern Peru, 'Agnes Gehbald's study reveals that despite a variety of legal and material constraints, diverse print markets flourished in the eighteenth century, aligning Peru with broader trends in Europe and the Americas. By exploring the practical dimensions of production, circulation, and use, Gehbald weaves books in all their forms - from erudite histories and how-to manuals to devotional texts, popular almanacs, instructional cartillas and prohibited works - into the fabric of everyday life.' Corinna Zeltsman, author of Ink Under the Fingernails: Printing Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico, 'In this lively and well-researched study, Agnes Gehbald shows how the residents of this Spanish viceregal capital city produced, imported, sold, and consumed books with greater zeal than ever in the late colonial period. A Colonial Book Market is a welcome contribution to our understanding of Latin America, literacy, material culture, and the Enlightenment.' Bianca Premo, author of The Enlightenment on Trial: Ordinary Litigants and Colonialism in the Spanish Empire, 'Agnes Gehbald's detailed analysis of the trade of books from foreign workshops, the operation of local workshops, of second-hand markets and everyday circuits of printed materials in busy urban centers, shows the deep transformation of Peruvian literary and semi-literary social practices at the end of the eighteenth century. A comprehensive and fascinating 'new' history of the book.' Cristina Soriano, author of Tides of Revolution: Information, Insurgencies, and the Crisis of Colonial Rule in Venezuela

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 129

Dewey Decimal381.450020985

Table Of ContentIntroduction: a social history of books; 1. Colonial confines; 2. Growing supplies; 3. An expanding market; 4. Bestselling genres; 5. The reach of reading material; Conclusion: a community of readers across the Atlantic; Appendix A: bibliographic categories; Appendix B: printing workshops in Lima, c. 1760-1820; Appendix C: book trade personnel in Lima, 1770-1822; Appendix D: map of the sites of printing and bookselling in Lima, 1760-1822; Appendix E: boxes with books imported to Callao, 1776-1818; Bibliography; Index.

SynopsisThis volume provides a wholly original social history of books in late colonial Peru. From the second half of the eighteenth century onward, workshops in Lima and transoceanic imports supplied the market with unprecedented quantities of print publications. By tracing the variety of printed commodities that were circulating in the urban sphere, as well as analysing the spatiality of the trade and the materiality of the books themselves, Agnes Gehbald assesses the meaning of print culture in the everyday lives of the viceroyalty. She reveals how books permeated late colonial society on a broad scale and how they figured as objects in the inventories of diverse individuals, both women and men, who, in previous centuries, had been far less likely to possess them. Deeply researched and profound, A Colonial Book Market uncovers how people in Peruvian cities gained access to reading material and participated in the global Enlightenment project., Tracing the variety of printed commodities that were circulating in the urban sphere, Agnes Gehbald provides a comprehensive study of print culture in Peru in the decades before Independence. An important volume for those interested in the history of books beyond the European market.

LC Classification NumberZ529.3.G44 2023