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Gandhi's printing press : experiments in slow reading

Title
Gandhi's printing press : experiments in slow reading / Isabel Hofmeyr.
Author
Hofmeyr, Isabel
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.

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Book/textUse in library JFD 13-2075Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
218 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 > Political and social views
  • Indian opinion (Durban, South Africa)
  • Reading > Political aspects
  • Newspaper presses > South Africa > History
  • Newspaper publishing > South Africa > History
  • Printing industry > Indian Ocean Region > History
  • Great Britain > Colonies > Public opinion
  • East Indians > Attitudes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : a Gandhian theory of text -- Printing cultures in the Indian Ocean world -- Gandhi's printing press : a biography -- Indian Opinion : texts in transit -- Binding pamphlets, summarizing India -- A Gandhian theory of reading : the reader as satyagrahi -- Conclusion : "no rights reserved" -- Appendix : pamphlets reprinted from Indian Opinion.
Call Number
JFD 13-2075
ISBN
  • 9780674072794 (alk. paper)
  • 0674072790 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2012031196
  • 40021980244
OCLC
806981153
Author
Hofmeyr, Isabel.
Title
Gandhi's printing press : experiments in slow reading / Isabel Hofmeyr.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40021980244
Research Call Number
JFD 13-2075
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