Books Without Borders, Volume 1 : The Cross-National Dimension in Print Culture

Where does the book belong? Does it enshrine the soul of a nation, or is it a means by which nations talk to one another, sharing ideas, technologies, texts? This book, the first in a two-volume set of original essays, responds to these questions with archive-based case studies of print culture in a number of countries around the world. Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 12 Notes on Contributors......Page 13 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Introduction......Page 18 1 Books Without Borders: The Transnational Turn in Book History......Page 30 2 Publishing under the Yoke: A Short History of the Bulgarian Book from Paisy of Hilendar to Peyo Yavorov......Page 55 3 “After the Old; yet as agreeable ... to the Newest”: British and American Almanacs in the Era of American Independence......Page 72 4 From Germany to Brazil: The History of the Fashion Magazine A Estação, an International Enterprise......Page 84 5 School Readers in the Empire and the Creation of Postcolonial Taste......Page 106 6 Origin and Growth of the White Fathers’ Press at Bukalasa, Uganda......Page 124 7 A New Demand for Old Texts: Philippine Metrical Romances in the Early Twentieth Century......Page 147 8 Greene, Waugh, and the Lure of Travel......Page 164 9 Africa Writes Back: Heinemann African Writers Series – A Publisher’s Memoir......Page 176 10 Outside the Nation(al): ‘South African’ Print and Book Cultures, and Global ‘text-scapes’......Page 190 11 Shakespeare’s Postcolonial Journey......Page 203 Select Bibliography......Page 216 Index......Page 222 Volume 1 Uses Archive-based Case Studies Of Print Culture In A Number Of Countries Around The World To Examine The Position Of The Book As A National Concept. Among The Questions Raised By The Contributors Is Whether The Book Enshrines The Soul Of A Nation, Or Is Instead A Means By Which Nations Talk To One Another, Sharing Ideas, Technologies, And Texts. Volume 2 Concentrates On One Of The World's Oldest, And Most Buoyant, Book Cultures: South Asia. It Examines The Transition From Manuscript To Hand Press, Orality And Performance, Scripts And Nationalism, Libraries And Copyright, And The Recent International Vogue For Europhone Writers From The Region. V. 1. The Cross-national Dimension In Print Culture -- V. 2. Perspectives From South Asia. Edited By Robert Fraser And Mary Hammond. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.