The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 5, 1695-1830 Paperback / softback
Edited by SJ, Michael F. (University of Virginia) Suarez, Michael L. (Bodleian Library, Oxford) Turner
Part of the The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain series
Paperback / softback
Description
This volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830.
During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identity, on education and the dissemination of practical knowledge.
Written by a distinguished international team of experts, this study examines print culture from all angles: readers and authors, publishers and booksellers; books, newspapers and periodicals; social places and networks for reading; new genres (children's books, the novel); the growth of specialist markets; and British book exports, especially to the colonies.
Interdisciplinary in its perspective, this book will be an important scholarly resource for many years to come.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:1092 pages, 50 Plates, black and white; 23 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/03/2014
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- ISBN:9781107626805
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:1092 pages, 50 Plates, black and white; 23 Halftones, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:20/03/2014
- Category:
- ISBN:9781107626805
