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Author Hofmeyr, Isabel.

Title Gandhi's printing press : experiments in slow reading / Isabel Hofmeyr.

Publication Info. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2013.

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 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  954.035 HO    Check Shelf
Description 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : a Gandhian theory of text -- Printing cultures in the Indian Ocean world -- Gandhi's printing press : a biography -- Indian Opinion : texts in transit -- Binding pamphlets, summarizing India -- A Gandhian theory of reading : the reader as satyagrahi -- Conclusion : "no rights reserved" -- Appendix : pamphlets reprinted from Indian Opinion.
Subject Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Political and social views.
Indian opinion (Durban, South Africa)
Reading -- Political aspects.
Newspaper presses -- South Africa -- History.
Newspaper publishing -- South Africa -- History.
Printing industry -- Indian Ocean Region -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Public opinion.
East Indians -- Attitudes.
ISBN 9780674072794 alkaline paper
0674072790 alkaline paper
Standard No. 40021980244
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