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The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book

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<P>Throughout 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.</P>

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Front Cover.
The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Illustrations.
Contributors.
Chronology.
1: The Study of Book History.
2: Book Cultures, Local, National and Global.
3: Books in the Library.
4: Books in the Nation.
5: Books in Global Perspectives.
6: The Material Book and the Mutable Text.
7: Materials and Meanings.
8: Handwriting and the Book.
9: The Coming of Print to Europe.
10: The Authority and Subversiveness of Print in Early-Modern Europe.
11: The Industrial Revolution of the Book.
12: The Book in the Long Twentieth Century.
13: The Digital Book.
14: Methods, Sources and Approaches to the History of the Book.
15: Book History from Descriptive Bibliographies.
16: Book History from the Archival Record.
17: Book History in the Reading Experience.
18: Book History in the Classroom.
Glossary of Technical Terms Used by Bibliographers and Historians of the Book.
Guide to Further Reading.
Index.
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The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book