A Colonial Southern Bookshelf: Reading in the Eighteenth Century

by Richard Beale Davis

Book Overview

A Colonial Southern Bookshelf studies popular books among southern readers in eighteenth-century America. From booksellers' lists and sale catalogs, Richard Beale Davis's study focuses on three key groups of literature: books in law, politics, and history; books on religious topics; and belles lettres. His examination of the colonial southern library suggests many revealing conclusions: persons of many social and economic levels owned and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820359769
• ISBN13: 9780820359762
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"