The book : a global history
- Publication/Creation:
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2013]
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Edition:
- First edition.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The book : a global history / edited by Michael F. Suarez, S.J. and H.R. Woudhuysen
- Related/Included Titles:
- Writing systems /
The sacred book /
The ancient book /
The history of the book in Byzantium /
The European medieval book /
The European printing revolution /
The book as symbol /
The transmission of Jewish knowledge through MSS and printed books /
Missionary printing /
Paper /
The technologies of print /
The economics of print /
Censorship /
Concepts of intellectual property and copyright /
The manuscript after the coming of print /
Printed ephemera /
Children's books /
The history of illustration and its technologies /
Bookbinding /
Theories of text, editorial theory, and textual criticism /
The electronic book /
Britain, c.1475-1800 /
Britain, 1801-1914 /
Britain from 1914 /
Ireland /
France /
The Low countries /
Germany /
Switzerland /
The Nordic countries /
The Iberian Peninsula /
Italy /
Modern Greece, c.1453-2000 /
Austria /
Hungary /
The Czech Republic and Slovakia /
Poland /
The Baltic states /
The Slavonic book in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus /
The Balkans /
Sub-Saharan Africa /
The Muslim world /
The Indian Subcontinent /
China /
Korea /
Japan /
Southeast Asia 1: The islands /
Southeast Asia 2: The mainland /
Australia /
New Zealand /
Latin America (including Incas and Aztecs) /
Canada /
America /
The Caribbean and Bermuda /
Oxford companion to the book.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Ellenport, Samuel B., collector
Suarez, Michael F., 1960-, editor
Woudhuysen, H. R., editor
Oxford University Press, publisher
Subjects/Genre
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- Writing systems / Andrew Robinson -- The sacred book / Carl Olson -- The ancient book / Craig Kallendorf -- The history of the book in Byzantium / N.G. Wilson -- The European medieval book / Christopher de Hamel -- The European printing revolution / Cristina Dondi -- The book as symbol / Brian Cummings -- The transmission of Jewish knowledge through MSS and printed books / Emile G.L. Schrijver -- Missionary printing / M. Antoni J. Üçerler, S.J. -- Paper / Daven Christopher Chamberlain -- The technologies of print / James Mosley -- The economics of print / Alexis Weedon -- Censorship / Elisabeth Ladenson -- Concepts of intellectual property and copyright / Adam D. Moore -- The manuscript after the coming of print / Harold Love -- Printed ephemera / Michael Harris -- Children's books / Andrea Immel -- The history of illustration and its technologies / Paul Goldman -- Bookbinding / David Pearson -- Theories of text, editorial theory, and textual criticism / Marcus Walsh -- The electronic book / Eileen Gardiner and Ronald G. Musto -- Britain, c.1475-1800 / Andrew Murphy -- Britain, 1801-1914 / Leslie Howsam -- Britain from 1914 / Claire Squires -- Ireland / Niall Ó Ciosáin and Clare Hutton -- France / Vincent Giroud -- The Low countries / Paul Hoftijzer -- Germany / John L. Flood -- Switzerland / Lukas Erne -- The Nordic countries / Charlotte Appel and Karen Skovgaard-Petersen -- The Iberian Peninsula / María Luisa López-Vidriero -- Italy / Neil Harris -- Modern Greece, c.1453-2000 / Alexis Politis -- Austria / John L. Flood -- Hungary / Bridget Guzner -- The Czech Republic and Slovakia / Devana Pavlik -- Poland / Janet Zmroczek -- The Baltic states / Jürgen M. Warmbrunn -- The Slavonic book in Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus / Christine Thomas -- The Balkans / Ekaterina Rogatchevskaia and Aleksandra B. Vraneš -- Sub-Saharan Africa / Andrew van der Vlies -- The Muslim world / Geoffrey Roper -- The Indian Subcontinent / Abhijit Gupta -- China / J.S. Edgren -- Korea / Beth McKillop -- Japan / P.F. Kornicki -- Southeast Asia 1: The islands / Edwin Paul Wieringa -- Southeast Asia 2: The mainland / Jana Igunma -- Australia / Ian Morrison -- New Zealand / Shef Rogers -- Latin America (including Incas and Aztecs) / Eugenia Roldán Vera -- Canada / Patricia Lockhart Fleming -- America / Scott E. Casper and Joan Shelley Rubin -- The Caribbean and Bermuda / Jeremy B. Dibbell.
- Summary:
- Introduces readers to the world of book history, including 21 thematic studies on topics such as writing systems, the ancient and the medieval book, and the economics of print, as well as 33 regional and national histories. The three newest articles cover censorship, copyright and intellectual property, and book history in the Caribbean and Bermuda. All essays are illustrated throughout with reproductions, diagrams, and examples of various typographical features.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xx, 748 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- General Note:
- Includes articles previously published as part of the Oxford companion to the book (2010), plus three new articles.
- Local Note:
- R. David Parsons Research Collection, 2015.
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library copy is from the library of Samuel Ellenport; has dust jacket; and has author's signature and presentation inscription: "For Sam, In friendship and admiration, Michael, Society of Printers, Boston, 8-i-14."
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990036266220302486
- ISBN:
- 9780199679416
019967941X - OCLC Number:
- 830367905
- Other Identifiers:
- Unspecified: 99969686976
- Barcode:
- 010003196683
010003159054
300000436005
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