Description: Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 “The Emancipation of Writing: German Civil Society in the Making, 1790s–1820s” Ian McNeely The Emancipation of Writing is the first study of writing in its connection to bureaucracy, citizenship, and the state in Germany. Stitching together micro- and macro-level analysis, it reconstructs the vibrant, textually saturated civic culture of the German southwest in the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon's invasions. Ian F. McNeely reveals that Germany's notoriously oppressive bureaucracy, when viewed through the writing practices that were its lifeblood, could also function as a site of citizenship. Citizens, acting under the mediation of powerful local scribes, practiced their freedoms in written engagements with the state. Their communications laid the basis for civil society, showing how social networks commonly associated with the free market, the free press, and the voluntary association could also take root in powerful state institutions. The book is a hardcover, bound in black cloth with gold embossed title on spine. It also has a dustjacket, and was published by the University of California Press in 2003. It is a First Edition, and is 328 pages long, and also has an index, footnotes, bibliography, and some photographs. The book is used, but is in mint condition. The top bidder should add $19.99 for postage within North America. (I can mail this overseas as well, but please ask for a postage quote). I have other, similar books up for sale now, so please check them out too! Multiple books always combined to save on postage, & full refund if you’re not happy. Thanks for looking!
Price: 26.99 CAD
Location: Dartmouth, N.S.
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Book Title: Title in description
Topic: Germany, 17th Century, 18th Century, 19th Century
Format: Hardcover
Author: Author, Mixed Authors
Language: English
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Subject: History
