Companion To The History Of The Book 102 / 2 Vols. Set

The celebrated text on the history of the book, completely revised, updated and expanded. The revised and updated edition of The Companion to the History of the Book offers a global survey of the book’s history, through print and electronic text. Already well established as a standard survey of the historiography of the book, this new, expanded edition draws on a decade of advanced scholarship to present current research on paper, printing, binding, scientific publishing, the history of maps, music and print, the profession of authorship and lexicography. The text explores the many approaches to the book from the early clay tablets of Sumer, Assyria and Babylonia to today’s burgeoning electronic devices. The expert contributions delve into such fascinating topics as archives and paperwork, and present new chapters on Arabic script, the Slavic, Canadian, African and Australasian book, new textual technologies, and much more. Containing a wealth of illustrative examples and case studies to dramatize the exciting history of the book, the text is designed for academics, students and anyone interested in the subject. Cover......Page 1 Title V1......Page 2 Title - Series......Page 3 Title - Complete V1......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Notes on Contributors......Page 11 Introduction to the Second Edition......Page 24 Part I: Methods, Materials, and Readers......Page 26 1. Bibliography......Page 27 2. Textual Scholarship......Page 40 3. The Uses of Quantification......Page 52 4. Paleography and Codicology......Page 72 5. Paper......Page 86 6. Type, Typography, and the Typographer......Page 102 7. Printing to 1970`......Page 116 8. Bookbinding......Page 131 9. Archives and Paperwork......Page 148 10. New Histories of Literacy......Page 162 11. Readers: Books and Biography......Page 176 Part II: The Manuscript Book in Europe and the Middle East......Page 191 12. The Clay Tablet Book in Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia......Page 192 13. The Papyrus Roll in Egypt, Greece, and Rome`......Page 208 14. The Triumph of the Codex: The Manuscript Book Before 1100......Page 220 15. Parchment and Paper: Manuscript Culture 1100-1500......Page 236 Part III: The Book in the Wider World......Page 251 16. China......Page 252 17. Japan, Korea, and Vietnam......Page 267 18. South Asia......Page 283 19. Latin America......Page 296 20. The Hebraic Book......Page 313 21. Books in Arabic Script......Page 327 22. The Slavic Book......Page 346 23. Africa......Page 359 24. Canada and Australasia......Page 372 Title - V2......Page 385 Title - Series......Page 386 Title - Complete V2......Page 387 Copyright......Page 388 Contents......Page 389 Notes on Contributors......Page 394 Part IV: The Printed Book Predominant......Page 407 25. The Gutenberg Revolutions......Page 408 26. The Book Trade Comes of Age: The Sixteenth Century......Page 422 27. The British Book Market 1600-1800......Page 435 28. Print and Public in Europe 1600-1800......Page 451 29. North America and Transatlantic Book Culture to 1800......Page 465 30. The Industrialization of the Book 1800-1970......Page 480 31. From Few and Expensive to Many and Cheap: The British Book Market 1800-90......Page 497 32. A Continent of Texts: Europe 1800-1890......Page 511 33. Building a National Literature: The United States 1800-1890......Page 524 34. The Globalization of the Book 1800-1970......Page 540 35. Modernity and Print I: Britain 1890-1970......Page 553 36. Modernity and Print II: Europe 1890-1970......Page 567 37. Modernity and Print III: The United States 1890-1970......Page 582 38. Books and Bits: Texts and Technology since 1970......Page 596 39. The Global Market 1970-2015: Producers......Page 611 Part V: Extending Print......Page 636 41. Periodicals and Periodicity......Page 637 42. The Importance of Ephemera......Page 652 43. Some Non-textual Uses of Books......Page 664 44. The Book as Art......Page 680 45. The New Textual Technologies......Page 696 46. Scientific Publications, c. 1500-2000......Page 709 Part VI: Consequences......Page 761 49. Copyright and the Creation of Literary Property......Page 762 50. The Common Writer since 1500......Page 775 51. The Profession of Authorship......Page 789 52. Lexicography: The Invention of Language......Page 802 53. Obscenity, Censorship, and Modernity......Page 816 54. Book Collecting......Page 829 55. Libraries and the Invention of Information......Page 841 Coda......Page 855 56. Does the Book Have a Future ?......Page 856 Index......Page 869

The celebrated text on the history of the book, completely revised, updated and expanded

The revised and updated edition of The Companion to the History of the Book offers a global survey of the book's history, through print and electronic text. Already well established as a standard survey of the historiography of the book, this new, expanded edition draws on a decade of advanced scholarship to present current research on paper, printing, binding, scientific publishing, the history of maps, music and print, the profession of authorship and lexicography.

The text explores the many approaches to the book from the early clay tablets of Sumer, Assyria and Babylonia to today's burgeoning electronic devices. The expert contributions also delve into the fascinating accounts of topics such as archives and paperwork, and present new chapters on Arabic script, the Slavic, Canadian, African and Australasian book, new textual technologies, and much more.

Containing a wealth of illustrative examples and case studies to dramatize the exciting history of the book, the text is designed for academics, students and anyone interested in the subject.

The revised and updated edition of The Companion to the History of the Book offers a global survey of the book?s history, through print and electronic text. Already well established as a standard survey of the historiography of the book, this new, expanded edition draws on a decade of advanced scholarship to present current research on paper, printing, binding, scientific publishing, the history of maps, music and print, the profession of authorship and lexicography. The text explores the many approaches to the book from the early clay tablets of Sumer, Assyria and Babylonia to today?s burgeoning electronic devices. The expert contributions also delve into the fascinating accounts of topics such as archives and paperwork, and present new chapters on Arabic script, the Slavic, Canadian, African and Australasian book, new textual technologies, and much more. Containing a wealth of illustrative examples and case studies to dramatize the exciting history of the book, the text is designed for academics, students and anyone interested in the subject