Print and the Celtic Languages

This book is a study of the print cultures of the four principal Celtic languages - Irish, Welsh, Gaelic and Breton - in the crucial period between 1700 and 1900.

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Niall Ó Ciosáin is a Senior Lecturer in the School of History and Philosophy in the University of Galway. His research is in the areas of book history, literacy, education and language shift.

Inhalt

1. Questions, Approaches, Sources 2. Reading in the Celtic Languages - Its Nature and Measurement 3. Print in the Four Languages Before 1800 4. Print in the Four Languages After 1800 5. Readers, Subscriptions and Miscellanies in Welsh, Gaelic and Irish 6. Books of Psalms, Hymns and Religious Songs 7. Transnational Connections 8. The Print Cultures of the Celtic Languages in the Emigrant Communities in North America and Australia 9. Conclusion