Publishing, Printing, and the Origins of the Intellectual Life in Russia, 1700-1800

✍ Scribed by Gary Marker

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 316
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; 32
• Edition: Course Book
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Gary Marker describes the pursuit of an effective public voice by political, Church, and literary elites in Russia as synonymous with the struggle to control the printed media, showing that Russian publishing and printing evolved in a way that sharply diverged from Western experiences but that proved to be highly significant for Russian society.

Originally published in 1985.

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✦ Table of Contents

Contents
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
ONE. Printing and the Petrine Revolution
TWO. The Church and the Academy
THREE. Schools and Publishers
FOUR. The Emergence of Private Publishing
FIVE. Publishing in the Provinces
SIX. The Russian Book Trade
SEVEN. Book Sales and Reading
EIGHT. Censorship
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index