Title Everyday reading : print culture and collective identity in the Río de la Plata, 1780-1910 / William Garrett Acree Jr

Published Nashville, Tenn. : Vanderbilt University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 247 pages) : illustrations Contents Words, wars, and public celebrations : the emergence of Rioplatense print culture (1780-1830) -- Words, wars, and gauchos : lassoing print culture and cattle civilization (1830-1870) -- Sowers of alphabets (1870-1910) -- Lessons for a nation (1880-1910) -- Epilogue : spreading the word and image (1880-1910) Summary "Starting in the late nineteenth century, the region of South America known as the Rio de la Plata (containing modern-day Uruguay and Argentina) boasted the highest literacy rates in Latin America. In Everyday Reading, William Acree explores the history, events, and culture that gave rise to the region's remarkable progress. With a specific focus on its print culture, in the form of newspapers, political advertisements and documents, schoolbooks, and even stamps and currency, Acree creates a portrait of a literary culture that permeated every aspect of life. Everyday Reading argues that the introduction of the printing press into the Rio de la Plata in the 1780s hastened the collapse of Spanish imperial control and played a major role in the transition to independence some thirty years later. After independence, print culture nurtured a new identity and helped sustain the region through the tumult of civil war in the mid-1800s. Acree concludes by examining the role of reading in formal education, which had grown exponentially by the early twentieth century as schoolchildren were taught to fulfill traditional roles in society. Ultimately, Everyday Reading humanizes literary culture, demonstrating its unrecognized and unexpected influence in everyday lives."--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Books and reading -- Social aspects -- Rio de la Plata River Valley (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History Publishers and publishing -- Social aspects -- Rio de la Plata River Valley (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History Book industries and trade -- Social aspects -- Rio de la Plata River Valley (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History Printing -- Social aspects -- Rio de la Plata River Valley (Argentina and Uruguay) -- History National characteristics, Argentine, in literature. National characteristics, Uruguayan, in literature. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Publishing. HISTORY -- Latin America -- General. Book industries and trade -- Social aspects Books and reading -- Social aspects Civilization Intellectual life National characteristics, Argentine, in literature National characteristics, Uruguayan, in literature Printing -- Social aspects Publishers and publishing -- Social aspects SUBJECT Río de la Plata River Valley (Argentina and Uruguay) -- Intellectual life Río de la Plata Region (Argentina and Uruguay) -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99012409 Subject South America -- Río de la Plata Region South America -- Río de la Plata River Valley Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0826517919 9780826517913

Other Titles Print culture and collective identity in the Río de la Plata, 1780-1910

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