Ateneo Mexicano´s Reading Cabinet

The Ateneo Mexicano, one of the first literary society in independent Mexico, was created to promote public education in that young country. The institution had its own Reading Cabinet. An inventory of books donated to the National Museum of Mexico shows that what kind of printed materials use to ha...

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Autor: López Zahar, Jocelyn Guadalupe
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Perú
Recursos:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/24762
Acesso em linha:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/historica/article/view/24762
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ateneo Mexicano
Literary society
Reading Cabinet
Library
Public instruction
Asociación literaria
Gabinete de lectura
Biblioteca
Instrucción pública
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Resumo:The Ateneo Mexicano, one of the first literary society in independent Mexico, was created to promote public education in that young country. The institution had its own Reading Cabinet. An inventory of books donated to the National Museum of Mexico shows that what kind of printed materials use to had the Ateneo’s library. That inventory was reconstructed and is presented in this article to reveal an important source of information, it shows the thematic variety of books, concerning with all topics of the classes given by Ateneo’s members.