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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Illustrated History
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In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book
reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the
ancient world to the digital present. Leading international
scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is
global in scope. The history of the book is the history of millions
of written, printed, and illustrated texts, their manufacture,
distribution, and reception. Here are different types of
production, from clay tablets to scrolls, from inscribed codices to
printed books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers, from written
parchment to digital texts. The history of the book is a history of
different methods of circulation and dissemination, all dependent
on innovations in transport, from coastal and transoceanic shipping
to roads, trains, planes and the internet. It is a history of
different modes of reading and reception, from learned debate and
individual study to public instruction and entertainment. It is a
history of manufacture, craftsmanship, dissemination, reading and
debate. Yet the history of books is not simply a question of
material form, nor indeed of the history of reading and reception.
The larger question is of the effect of textual production,
distribution and reception - of how books themselves made history.
To this end, each chapter of this volume, succinctly bounded by
period and geography, offers incisive and stimulating insights into
the relationship between books and the story of their times.
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