UID:
almafu_9959328729902883
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 599 pages) :
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illustrations, map
ISBN:
9780470765968
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0470765968
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9781444356588
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1444356585
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1782686959
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9781782686958
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1281069159
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9781281069153
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9786611069155
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6611069151
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0470761857
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9780470761854
Series Statement:
Blackwell companions to literature and culture ; 48
Content:
From the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of the electronic text, this Companion provides a continuous and coherent account of the history of the book. Makes use of illustrative examples and case studies of well-known textsWritten by a group of expert contributorsCovers topical debates, such as the nature of censorship and the future of the book.
Note:
Why bibliography matters /
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What is textual scholarship? /
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The uses of quantification /
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Readers : books and biography /
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The clay tablet book in Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia /
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The papyrus roll in Egypt, Greece, and Rome /
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China /
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Japan, Korea, and Vietnam /
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South Asia /
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Latin America /
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The Hebraic book /
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The Islamic book /
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The triumph of the codex : the manuscript book before 1100 /
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Parchment and paper : manuscript culture 1100-1500 /
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The Gutenberg revolutions /
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The book trade comes of age : the sixteenth century /
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The British book market 1600-1800 /
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Print and public in Europe 1600-1800 /
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North America and transatlantic book culture to 1800 /
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The industrialization of the book 1800-1970 /
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From few and expensive to many and cheap : the British book market 1800-1890 /
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A continent of texts : Europe 1800-1890 /
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Building a national literature : the United States 1800-1890 /
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The globalization of the book 1800-1970 /
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Modernity and print I : Britain 1890-1970 /
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Modernity and print II : Europe 1890-1970 /
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Modernity and print III : the United States 1890-1970 /
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Books and bits : texts and technology 1970-2000 /
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The global market 1970-2000 : producers /
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The global market 1970-2000 : consumers /
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Periodicals and periodicity /
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The importance of ephemera /
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The new textual technologies /
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New histories of literacy /
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Some non-textual uses of books /
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The book as art /
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Obscenity, censorship, and modernity /
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Copyright and the creation of literary property /
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Libraries and the invention of information /
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Does the book have a future? /
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English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Companion to the history of the book. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007 ISBN 9781405127653
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1405127651
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
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English Studies
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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History.
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1002/9780470690949
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9780470690949
URL:
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