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Expanding the American mind : books and the popularization of knowledge /

Beth Luey also looks at the readers of popularizations - their motivations for reading, the ways they evaluate nonfiction, and how they choose what to read. This is the first book to use surveys and online reader responses to study nonfiction reading. It also compares the experience of reading serio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Luey, Beth
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2010]
Subjects:	Publishers and publishing > United States > History. Authors and readers > United States > History. Communication in learning and scholarship > United States > History. Books and reading > United States > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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