UID:
edocfu_9959230061202883
Format:
1 online resource (189 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-771292-4
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0-19-028365-3
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1-280-47115-8
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9786610471157
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1-4237-5991-5
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0-19-535336-6
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1-60256-261-X
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This is a concise history of the book in all its forms, starting from the very beginning with the invention of writing and concluding at the present time with the electronic revolution and what it may hold for the future.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1998.
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Contents; 1. Dynamics of the Book; 2. Incunables on Clay; 3. Papyrus Rolls; 4. The Greco-Roman World; 5. The Codex, 100-700; 6. Islam, 622-1300; 7. Western Christendom, 600-1400; 8. Printing, 1400-1800; 9. Power Revolution, 1800-1840; 10. Climax of Books Printed from Cast Type, 1840-1940; 11. Computer-Driven Book Production; 12. The Electronic Book; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; X; Z
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-511859-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195118599.001.0001
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