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Americans were always voracious readers before television, has nothing to do with women or the Great Depression.
by golf3 6y ago
Americans were always voracious readers before television, has nothing to do with women or the Great Depression.
- ruffrey 6y agoThat's interesting. Do you know of any hard stats comparing to other countries?
- eddyl 6y agoThis probably isn't exactly what you're looking for, but you might find Robert Darnton's essay "First Steps Toward a History of Reading" interesting. [1] It mostly covers the early modern period, if I remember correctly, not contemporary reading practices. [1] http://robertdarnton.org/sites/default/files/First%20Steps%20Toward%20a%20History%20of%20Reading.pdf http://robertdarnton.org/sites/default/files/First%20Steps%2...