Wybrane aspekty rozwoju kultury wydawniczej Warszawy w okresie oświecenia i do Powstania Listopadowego
Chosen aspects in the development of published culture of Warsaw in period of the Enlightenment and to the November Uprising

Summary/Abstract: Russification was intensified consistently since the suppressing of November Uprising and that circles limited the development printing and book trade in Warsaw particularly and it had an effect on development of publishing firms and of reading. Market of publishing firms was widen by all the terrains, where people lived who spoke Polish language e.g. owing to transportations. The most noticeable factor of activity of czar’s government was censorship, censors forbade or delayed publication of valuable books. The next unfavourable factor was the low level education of society and sensible proportion of illiterates. As a consequence of this state of affairs was a low number of potential readers. Since 1830-1864 prestige of publisher increased considerably and because of changes of publishing framework, increasing of level of general education and working knowledge of jobs connected with books and other kinds of printed publications.

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