Minor Knowledge and Microhistory: Manuscript Culture in the Nineteenth Century

by Sigurður Gylfi Magnússon, David Olafsson

This book outlines features of the history of education and communication during the long nineteenth century in Europe, examining how the existence of manuscript exchange as a sociocultural network questions the traditional view of the development of literacy, education, and communication. Formal institutions were only one of the channels through which the popular desire for knowledge was served - and in most cases, not even the most important one. This volume explores the informal structure of educational and communicational practices, largely founded on handwritten material.

242 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 2015