Minor knowledge and microhistory : manuscript culture in the nineteenth century / by Sigurður Gylfi...
Minor knowledge and microhistory : manuscript culture in the nineteenth century / by Sigurður Gylfi...
Minor knowledge and microhistory : manuscript culture in the nineteenth century / by Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon and Davíð Ólafsson.
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New York : Routledge, 2017.
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G 2016/3301
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Towards a new model of fragmented history -- Part I. Theory and historiography -- Historiography of texts : from literacy to literacy practices within the Anglo-Saxon school of thought -- Scribal culture in transnational perspective -- Local and global perspectives as platforms for bar...
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Publisher
New York : Routledge, 2017.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
"This book studies everyday writing practices among ordinary people in a poor rural society in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Using the abundance of handwritten material produced, disseminated and consumed some centuries after the advent of print as its research material, the book's focus is on its day-to-day usage and on 'minor knowledge,' i.e...
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Minor knowledge and microhistory : manuscript culture in the nineteenth century / by Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon and Davíð Ólafsson.
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Routledge studies in cultural history ; 47
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online version: Sigurður G. Magnússon, author. Minor knowledge and microhistory New York : Routledge, 2017 9781315749013 (DLC) 2016040899
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©2017
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G 2016/3301
Record Identifier
74VKVqjLK5GO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVqjLK5GO
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ISBN
9781138812079 hardcover alkaline paper
1138812072 hardcover alkaline paper
DDC
091.09034
MMS ID
991024010341702626
