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03008aam a2200433 i 4500 001 E20645C0370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 170808s2018 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2017018037 020 $a 0745641628 020 $a 9780745641621 020 $a 074564161X 020 $a 9780745641614 035 $a (OCoLC)1000581533 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d OCLCO $d NLE $d YDX $d OCLCO $d ORX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a Z4 R237 2018 100 1 $a Raven, James, $d 1959- $e author. 245 10 $a What is the history of the book? / $c James Raven. 264 1 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Polity Press, $c 2018. 300 $a ix, 191 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a What is history? series 520 8 $a This book introduces the fast-developing field of book history. James Raven, a leading historian of the book, offers a fresh and accessible guide to the global study of the production, dissemination and reception of written and printed texts across all societies and in all ages.Students, teachers, researchers and general readers will benefit from the book's investigation of the subject's origins, scope and future direction. Based on original research and a wide range of sources, What is the History of the Book? shows how book history crosses disciplinary boundaries and intersects with literary, historical, communications, media, library and conservation studies. Raven uses examples from around the world to explore different traditions in bibliography, palaeography and manuscript studies. He analyses book history's growing global ambition and demonstrates how the study of reading practises opens up new horizons in social history and the history of knowledge. He shows how book history is contributing to debates about intellectual and popular culture, colonialism and the communication of ideas. The first global, accessible introduction to the field of book history from ancient to modern times, What is the History of the Book? is essential reading for all those interested in one of society's most important cultural artefacts. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The scope of book history -- The early history of book history -- Description, enumeration and modelling -- Who, what and how? -- Reading and consequences -- Consequences. 650 0 $a Books $x History. 650 0 $a Printing $x History. 650 0 $a Bibliography $x History. 650 0 $a Transmission of texts $x History. 650 0 $a Book industries and trade $x History. 650 0 $a Books and reading $x History. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Raven, James, 1959- author. $t What is the history of the book? $d Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2017 $z 9781509523207 830 0 $a What is history. 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20240305041842.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20181116022746.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E20645C0370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search