Description
This book is a cultural history of European languages from the invention of printing to the French Revolution.
About the Author
Peter Burke is Professor of Cultural History and a Fellow of Emmanuel College at the University of Cambridge. He has published over twenty books which have been translated into over thirty languages.
Reviews
'... a historian of the first rank, a prolific pioneer of the study of 'cultural history'. This typically brilliant survey of European languages between the invention of printing and the French Revolution began as a series of lectures at Queen's University Belfast ... This is serious history deserving of a wide readership.' BBC History
'Peter Burke paints a broad canvas with assurance and virtuosity ...' The Times Higher Education Supplement
'This is a rich and illuminating book, full of insight and often surprising detail. Its strengths lie above all in its diversity - in Burke's ability to offer a close-up of, say, the colonial presence of Portuguese or the decline of Catalan, while also moving happily among a whole range of different languages and writers. ... rewarding and insightful ...' Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development
Book Information
ISBN 9780521535861
Author Peter Burke
Format Paperback
Page Count 226
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 310g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 12mm