The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
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The years 1830–1914 witnessed a revolution in the manufacture and use of books as great as that in the fifteenth century. Using new technology in printing, paper-making and binding, publishers worked with authors and illustrators to meet ever-growing and more varied demands from a population seeking books at all price levels. The essays by leading book historians in this volume show how books became cheap, how publishers used the magazine and newspaper markets to extend their influence, and how book ownership became universal for the first time. The fullest account ever published of the nineteenth-century revolution in printing, publishing and bookselling, this volume brings The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain up to a point when the world of books took on a recognisably modern form.
- Covers all aspects of printing, publishing and the world of books during a period of great change
- Contributors include leading experts in the field
- Illustrated with many plates showing the full range of publications from the period
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'The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain is one of the great scholarly enterprises of our time … Far from being a series of good essays on interesting topics, taken as a whole this book is not merely the best history of the book in nineteenth-century Britain which we have. It is, in the present state of our knowledge, just about the best that could be written.' John Feather, The Rare Books Newsletter
'… this book is an indispensable acquisition for any general or humanities library …' Karen Attar, University of London
'It is impossible to do this splendid and rich volume justice in a review article. Twenty essays cover an immense range of topics, suggest links between one another, provide scrupulous detail and larger frameworks. Twenty-four contributors explore the nineteenth-century revolution in printing, publishing and book-selling, in chapters covering aspects as diverse as 'The illustration revolution', 'The serial revolution', 'Copyright', 'Distribution', 'Reading', 'Mass markets' … The volume's scope is immense and ambitious.' Annika Bautz, Journal of Theory and Criticism
Product details
March 2014Paperback
9781107668294
813 pages
228 × 152 × 42 mm
1.17kg
22 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction David McKitterick
- 1. Changes in the look of the book David McKitterick
- 2. The illustration revolution Michael Twyman
- 3. The serial revolution Graham Law and Robert L. Patten
- 4. Authorship Patrick Leary and Andrew Nash
- 5. Copyright Catherine Seville
- 6. Distribution Stephen Colclough
- 7. Reading Stephen Colclough and David Vincent
- 8. Mass markets: religion Michael Ledger-Lomas
- 9. Mass markets: education Christopher Stray and Gillian Sutherland
- 10. Mass markets: children's books Brian Alderson and Andrea Immel
- 11. Mass markets: literature Simon Eliot and Andrew Nash
- 12. Publishing science, technology and mathematics James A. Secord
- 13. Publishing for leisure Victoria Cooper and Dave Russell
- 14. Publishing for the professions David McKitterick
- 15. Organised knowledge David McKitterick
- 16. The information revolution Aileen Fyfe
- 17. A place in the world John Barnes, Bill Bell, Rimi Chatterjee, Wallace Kirsop and Michael Winship
- 18. A place in time David McKitterick
- 19. A publishing year - 1891 Simon Eliot and Richard Freebury
- 20. Where do we go from here? William St Clair
- Bibliography
- Index.
