Faith in Reading
Author | : David Paul Nord |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2004-08-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780195173116 |
ISBN-13 | : 0195173112 |
Rating | : 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Download or read book Faith in Reading written by David Paul Nord and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-19 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the remarkable story of the unlikely origins of modern media culture. In the early 19th century, a few entrepreneurs decided the time was right to launch a true mass media in America. Though they were savvy businessmen, their publishing enterprises were not commercial businesses but nonprofit religious organizations.