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Passing The Book: Cultures of Reading in the Winthrop Family, 1580–1730

Author(s): Calis, Richard; Clark, Frederic; Flow, Christian; Grafton, Anthony; McMahon, Madeline; et al

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dc.contributor.authorCalis, Richard-
dc.contributor.authorClark, Frederic-
dc.contributor.authorFlow, Christian-
dc.contributor.authorGrafton, Anthony-
dc.contributor.authorMcMahon, Madeline-
dc.contributor.authorRampling, Jennifer M-
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-25T14:52:06Z-
dc.date.available2022-01-25T14:52:06Z-
dc.date.issued2018-10-17en_US
dc.identifier.citationCalis, Richard, Frederic Clark, Christian Flow, Anthony Grafton, Madeline McMahon, and Jennifer M. Rampling. "Passing the book: cultures of reading in the Winthrop family, 1580–1730." Past & Present 241, no. 1 (2018): 69-141. doi:10.1093/pastj/gty022.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0031-2746-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr12804z0r-
dc.description.abstractLarge numbers of annotated books that belonged to members of the Winthrop family — which included the founding governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and other individuals prominent in the early modern British Atlantic world — survive in libraries across the Northeastern United States. The notes in their margins reveal how the Winthrops responded to a vast array of material, from alchemical recipes to political tracts. Once deciphered and compared with other documents, such as letters and diaries, they show not only the ways in which the members of the family read these varied books, but also how they learned to do so and how they passed their skills on to new generations. Most important, they reveal that reading played a central role in the family's life and in its members' responses to political and religious crises.en_US
dc.format.extent69 - 141en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofPast and Presenten_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. This is an open access article.en_US
dc.titlePassing The Book: Cultures of Reading in the Winthrop Family, 1580–1730en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1093/pastj/gty022-
dc.identifier.eissn1477-464X-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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