Cheap Bibles: Nineteenth-Century Publishing and the British and Foreign Bible Society
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The cheap Bibles of nineteenth-century Britain were read in millions of homes, and were also potent symbols of national virtue. In an age of social ferment, cheap Bibles - most published by the British and Foreign Bible Society - represented both the promise of mass literacy and the benefits of industrialisation. This book, based on correspondence and other archival records, tells the story of the BFBS from two perspectives: its place in the history...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521522129
ISBN13:9780521522120
Release Date:August 2002
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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