UID:
almafu_9959695792002883
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 808 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-316-16928-6
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1-316-17208-2
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1-139-05601-8
Content:
The years 1830-1914 witnessed a revolution in the manufacture and use of books as great as that in the fifteenth century. Using new technology in printing, paper-making and binding, publishers worked with authors and illustrators to meet ever-growing and more varied demands from a population seeking books at all price levels. The essays by leading book historians in this volume show how books became cheap, how publishers used the magazine and newspaper markets to extend their influence, and how book ownership became universal for the first time. The fullest account ever published of the nineteenth-century revolution in printing, publishing and bookselling, this volume brings The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain up to a point when the world of books took on a recognisably modern form.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Nov 2015).
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Introduction /
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Changes in the look of the book /
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The illustration revolution /
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The serial revolution /
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Authorship /
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Copyright /
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Distribution /
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Reading /
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Mass markets: religion /
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Mass markets: education /
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Mass markets: children's books /
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Mass markets: literature /
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Science, technology and mathematics /
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Publishing for leisure /
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Publishing for trades and professions /
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Organising knowledge in print /
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The information revolution /
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A place in the world /
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Second-hand and old books /
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A year of publishing: 1891 /
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Following up The reading nation /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-107-66829-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-86624-3
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521866248
