The Oxford illustrated history of the book / James Raven.

Language: English Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2022.Description: 431 pages : illustration ; 24 cmISBN:

9780198702993

LOC classification:

OX98o 2022

Contents:

List of Figures Notes on Contributors Timeline Introduction / James Raven The Ancient world / Eleanor Robson Byzantium / Barbara Crostini Medieval and Early Modern East Asia / Cynthia Brokaw Medieval Western Europe / David Rundle Renaissance and Reformation / James Raven and Joran Proot Managing Information / Ann Blair The Islamic World / Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom Enlightenment and Revolution / Jeffrey Freedman South Asia / Graham Shaw Industrialization / Marie-Fancoise Cachin Modern China, Japan, and Korea / Christopher A. Reed and M. William Steele Globalization / Eva Hemmungs Wirten Books Transformed / Jeffrey T. Schnapp Abbreviations and Glossary Further Reading Picture Acknowledgements Index

Summary: "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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos	Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso)	OX98o 2022 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000190464

Includes index

List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Timeline
Introduction / James Raven
The Ancient world / Eleanor Robson
Byzantium / Barbara Crostini
Medieval and Early Modern East Asia / Cynthia Brokaw
Medieval Western Europe / David Rundle
Renaissance and Reformation / James Raven and Joran Proot
Managing Information / Ann Blair
The Islamic World / Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom
Enlightenment and Revolution / Jeffrey Freedman
South Asia / Graham Shaw
Industrialization / Marie-Fancoise Cachin
Modern China, Japan, and Korea / Christopher A. Reed and M. William Steele
Globalization / Eva Hemmungs Wirten
Books Transformed / Jeffrey T. Schnapp
Abbreviations and Glossary
Further Reading
Picture Acknowledgements
Index

"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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