{"product_id":"the-cambridge-companion-to-the-history-of-the-book-hardback-9781107023734","title":"The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book (Hardback) 9781107023734","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn accessible and wide-ranging study of the history of the book within local, national and global contexts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeslie Howsam (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107023734, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 11 December 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e302 pages, 3 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.57 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'As a whole, the collection accomplishes what it sets out to do: it is an effective introduction to the field and its issues and practices, and it points the way toward new and exciting developments.' Marta Kvande, Papers of the Fall Bibliographical Society of Canada\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThroughout human history, the world's knowledge and fruits of the creative imagination have been produced, circulated and received through the medium of the material text. This Companion provides a wide-ranging account of the history of the book and its ways of thinking about works from ancient inscription to contemporary e-books, discussing thematic, chronological and methodological aspects of this interdisciplinary field. The first part considers book cultures from local, national and global perspectives. Part two, organized around the dynamic relationship between the material book and the mutable text, develops a loosely chronological narrative from early writing, through manuscript and early printing, to the institution of a mechanized book trade, and on to the globalization of publishing and the introduction of the electronic book. A third part takes a practical turn, discussing methods, sources and approaches: bibliographical, archival and reading experience methodologies, as well as pedagogical strategies.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003e 1. The study of book history Leslie Howsam\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Book Cultures, Local, National and Global: 2. Books in the library Karen Attar\u003cbr\u003e 3. Books in the nation Trish Loughran\u003cbr\u003e 4. Books in global perspectives Sydney Shep\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Material Book and the Mutable Text: 5. Materials and meanings Peter Stoicheff\u003cbr\u003e 6. Handwriting and the book Margaret J. M. Ezell\u003cbr\u003e 7. The coming of print to Europe Adrian Johns\u003cbr\u003e 8. The authority and subversiveness of print in early modern Europe Cyndia Clegg\u003cbr\u003e 9. The industrial revolution of the book James Raven\u003cbr\u003e 10. The book in the long twentieth century Alistair McCleery\u003cbr\u003e 11. The digital book Jon Bath and Scott Schofield\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Methods, Sources and Approaches to the History of the Book: 12. Book history from descriptive bibliographies Michael F. Suarez, S.J.\u003cbr\u003e 13. Book history from the archival record Katherine Bode and Roger Osborne\u003cbr\u003e 14. Book history in the reading experience Mary Hammond\u003cbr\u003e 15. Book history in the classroom Leslie Howsam\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of technical terms\u003cbr\u003e Guide to further reading.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005840675096,"sku":"9781107023734","price":85.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107023734i_a63e1bb2-efce-4597-bb97-2cdd9591d49c.jpg?v=1691361149","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-cambridge-companion-to-the-history-of-the-book-hardback-9781107023734","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}