https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/author/stakats/Recent content in Stakats on Journal of Digital HumanitiesHugoen-USFri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-3/review-of-french-book-trade-in-enlightenment-europe-project-by-sean-takats/Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-3/review-of-french-book-trade-in-enlightenment-europe-project-by-sean-takats/<p>Mapping the history of ideas against the actual reading practices of early modern Europeans has intrigued (and troubled) historians at least since Roger Chartier focused our attention on the need to consider the reader, not just the text. With the launch of <a href="http://chop.leeds.ac.uk/stn/" title="The French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe, 1769-1794: Mapping the Trade of the Société Typographique de Neuchâtel (FBTEE)">The French Book Trade in Enlightenment Europe, 1769-1794: Mapping the Trade of the Société Typographique de Neuchâtel (FBTEE)</a>, project directors Simon Burrows and Mark Curran offer stunning new opportunities to probe this old problem. Although only recently publicly launched in June 2012, the site has already attracted wide renown thanks to its soft launch on H-France listserv in September 2010 and through persistent outreach like Burrows and Curran’s July 2011 presentation at the Library of Congress.</p>