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The History of the Book in the West: 1914–2000

Author : Alexis Weedon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 583 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351888165

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The History of the Book in the West: 1914–2000 by Alexis Weedon Pdf

This collection brings together published papers on key themes which book historians have identified as of particular significance in the history of twentieth-century publishing. It reprints some of the best comparative perspectives and most insightful and innovatively presented scholarship on publishing and book history from such figures as Philip Altbach, Lewis Coser, James Curran, Elizabeth Long, Laura Miller, Angus Phillips, Janice Radway, Jonathan Rose, Shafquat Towheed, Catherine Turner, Jay Satterfield, Clare Squires, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén. It is arranged into six sections which examine the internationalisation of publishing businesses, changing notions of authorship, innovation in the design and marketing of books, the specific effects of globalisation on creative property and the book in a multimedia marketplace. Twentieth-century book history attracts an audience beyond the traditional disciplines of librarianship, bibliography, history and literary studies. It will appeal to publishing educators, editors, publishers, booksellers, as well as academics with an interest in media and popular culture.

The History of the Book in the West: 1800–1914

Author : Stephen Colclough
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351888196

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The History of the Book in the West: 1800–1914 by Stephen Colclough Pdf

This collection of published papers on the development of the publishing cycle from author to reader includes work by many of the leading authorities on the history of the book in the nineteenth century, including James Barnes, Simon Eliot, Kate Flint, Elizabeth McHenry, Robert Patten, David Vincent and Ronald Zboray. It contains examples of different approaches, reflecting the fact that scholars come from a variety of disciplinary traditions, such as bibliography, typography, literary studies, library studies and the history of science. The introduction provides an overview of both the historical context and recent work on the subject. The volume is divided into five sections: National Publishing Structures in America, France, and Russia; International Trade; Publishing Practices; Distribution; Reading. The collection includes work in the tradition of French book history which has focussed on the systems and structures of the publishing industry and Anglo-American book history characterised by detailed analyses of the publication of a specific title or the practices of an individual reader.

The History of the Book in the West

Author : Alexis Weedon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Book industries and trade
ISBN : 0754627837

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The History of the Book in the West by Alexis Weedon Pdf

This collection brings together published papers on key themes which book historians have identified as of particular significance in the history of twentieth-century publishing, such as the internationalisation of publishing businesses and the book in a multimedia marketplace. These reprinted essays feature comparative perspectives and insightful and innovatively presented scholarship from leading scholars in the field.

The History of the Book in the West: 400AD–1455

Author : Pamela Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351888134

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The History of the Book in the West: 400AD–1455 by Pamela Robinson Pdf

This selection of papers by major scholars introduces students to the history of the book in the West from late Antiquity to the publication of the Gutenberg Bible and the beginning of the print revolution. The collection opens with wide-ranging papers on handwriting and the physical make-up of the book. In the second group of papers the emphasis is on the ’look’ of the book, complemented by a third group dealing with scribes, readers and the availability of books. The editors’ introduction provides an overview of the medieval book.

The History of the Book in the West: 1700–1800

Author : Eleanor F. Shevlin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351888226

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The History of the Book in the West: 1700–1800 by Eleanor F. Shevlin Pdf

Influenced by Enlightenment principles and commercial transformations, the history of the book in the eighteenth century witnessed not only the final decades of the hand-press era but also developments and practices that pointed to its future: ’the foundations of modern copyright; a rapid growth in the publication, circulation, and reading of periodicals; the promotion of niche marketing; alterations to distribution networks; and the emergence of the publisher as a central figure in the book trade, to name a few.’ The pace and extent of these changes varied greatly within the different sociopolitical contexts across the western world. The volume’s twenty-four articles, many of which proffer broader theoretical implications beyond their specific focus, highlight the era’s range of developments. Complementing these articles, the introductory essay provides an overview of the eighteenth-century book and milestones in its history during this period while simultaneously identifying potential directions for new scholarship.

The History of the Book in the West: 1455–1700

Author : Ian Gadd
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351888257

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The History of the Book in the West: 1455–1700 by Ian Gadd Pdf

Beginning with one of the crucial technological breakthroughs of Western history - the development of moveable type by Johann Gutenberg - The History of the Book in the West 1455-1700 covers the period that saw the growth and consolidation of the printed book as a significant feature of Western European culture and society. The volume collects together seventeen key articles, written by leading scholars during the past five decades, that together survey a wide range of topics, such as typography, economics, regulation, bookselling, and reading practices. Books, whether printed or in manuscript, played a major role in the religious, political, and intellectual upheavals of the period, and understanding how books were made, distributed, and encountered provides valuable new insights into the history of Western Europe in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth centuries.

Great War, Total War

Author : Roger Chickering,Stig Förster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0521773520

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Great War, Total War by Roger Chickering,Stig Förster Pdf

World War I was the first large-scale industrialized military conflict, and it led to the concept of total war. The essays in this volume analyze the experience of the war in light of this concept's implications, in particular the erosion of distinctions between the military and civilian spheres.

Germany and 'The West'

Author : Riccardo Bavaj,Martina Steber
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785335044

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Germany and 'The West' by Riccardo Bavaj,Martina Steber Pdf

“The West” is a central idea in German public discourse, yet historians know surprisingly little about the evolution of the concept. Contrary to common assumptions, this volume argues that the German concept of the West was not born in the twentieth century, but can be traced from a much earlier time. In the nineteenth century, “the West” became associated with notions of progress, liberty, civilization, and modernity. It signified the future through the opposition to antonyms such as “Russia” and “the East,” and was deployed as a tool for forging German identities. Examining the shifting meanings, political uses, and transnational circulations of the idea of “the West” sheds new light on German intellectual history from the post-Napoleonic era to the Cold War.

1914-1918

Author : David Stevenson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 071819795X

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1914-1918 by David Stevenson Pdf

Account of the major events of the First World War.

Modernism's Print Cultures

Author : Faye Hammill,Mark Hussey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781472573278

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Modernism's Print Cultures by Faye Hammill,Mark Hussey Pdf

The print culture of the early twentieth century has become a major area of interest in contemporary Modernist Studies. Modernism's Print Cultures surveys the explosion of scholarship in this field and provides an incisive, well-informed guide for students and scholars alike. Surveying the key critical work of recent decades, the book explores such topics as: - Periodical publishing – from 'little magazines' such as Rhythm to glossy publications such as Vanity Fair - The material aspects of early twentieth-century publishing – small presses, typography, illustration and book design - The circulation of modernist print artefacts through the book trade, libraries, book clubs and cafes - Educational and political print initiatives Including accounts of archival material available online, targeted lists of key further reading and a survey of new trends in the field, this is an essential guide to an important area in the study of modernist literature.

The Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World

Author : Christine Elliott
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783031389023

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The Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World by Christine Elliott Pdf

The Coffee-Table Book in the Post-War Anglophone World argues that coffee-table books appeared and became popular in the post-war era at the convergence of three important developments: advances in full colour printing technology, social change, and publishing entrepreneurism and innovation. Examining the coffee-table book through a book history lens acknowledges their significant contribution to post-war visual culture and illustrated publishing. Focussing on post-war America, Great Britain, and Australia during the “golden age” era of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, this history of the coffee-table book takes an interdisciplinary approach to put the coffee-table book in context in regards to materiality, format, printing, status, and genre.

The Book in Society

Author : Solveig Robinson
Publisher : Broadview Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781554810741

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The Book in Society: An Introduction to Print Culture examines the origins and development of one of the most important inventions in human history. Books can inform, entertain, inspire, irritate, liberate, or challenge readers, and their forms can be tangible and traditional, like a printed, casebound volume, or virtual and transitory, like a screen-page of a cell-phone novel. Written in clear, non-specialist prose, The Book in Society first provides an overview of the rise of the book and of the modern publishing and bookselling industries. It explores the evolution of written texts from early forms to contemporary formats, the interrelationship between literacy and technology, and the prospects for the book in the twenty-first century. The second half of the book is based on historian Robert Darnton’s concept of a book publishing “communication circuit.” It examines how books migrate from the minds of authors to the minds of readers, exploring such topics as the rise of the modern notion of the author, the role of states and others in promoting or restricting the circulation of books, various modes of reproducing and circulating texts, and how readers’ responses help shape the form and content of the books available to them. Feature boxes highlighting key texts, individuals, and developments in the history of the book, carefully selected illustrations, and a glossary all help bring the history of the book to life.

Faulkner and Print Culture

Author : Jay Watson,Jaime Harker,James G. Thomas
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781496812315

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Faulkner and Print Culture by Jay Watson,Jaime Harker,James G. Thomas Pdf

With contributions by: Greg Barnhisel, John N. Duvall, Kristin Fujie, Sarah E. Gardner, Jaime Harker, Kristi Rowan Humphreys, Robert Jackson, Mary A. Knighton, Jennifer Nolan, Carl Rollyson, Tim A. Ryan, Jay Satterfield, Erin A. Smith, and Yung-Hsing Wu William Faulkner's first ventures into print culture began far from the world of highbrow New York publishing houses such as Boni & Liveright or Random House and little magazines such as the Double Dealer. With that diverse publishing history in mind, this collection explores Faulkner's multifaceted engagements, as writer and reader, with the US and international print cultures of his era, along with how these cultures have mediated his relationship with various twentieth- and twenty-first-century audiences. These essays address the place of Faulkner and his writings in the creation, design, publishing, marketing, reception, and collecting of books, in the culture of twentieth-century magazines, journals, newspapers, and other periodicals (from pulp to avant-garde), in the history of modern readers and readerships, and in the construction and cultural politics of literary authorship. Several contributors focus on Faulkner's sensational 1931 novel Sanctuary to illustrate the author's multifaceted relationship to the print ecology of his time, tracing the novel's path from the wellsprings of Faulkner's artistic vision to the novel's reception among reviewers, tastemakers, intellectuals, and other readers of the early 1930s. Other essayists discuss Faulkner's early notices, the Saturday Review of Literature, Saturday Evening Post, men's magazines of the 1950s, and Cold War modernism.

Turning the Page

Author : Angus Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136244520

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Turning the Page by Angus Phillips Pdf

This is an exciting period for the book, a time of innovation, experimentation, and change. It is also a time of considerable fear within the book industry as it adjusts to changes in how books are created and consumed. The movement to digital has been taking place for some time, but with consumer books experiencing the transition, the effects of digitization can be clearly seen to everybody. In Turning the Page Angus Phillips analyses the fundamental drivers of the book publishing industry - authorship, readership, and copyright - and examines the effects of digital and other developments on the book itself. Drawing on theory and research across a range of subjects, from business and sociology to neuroscience and psychology, and from interviews with industry professionals, Phillips investigates how the fundamentals of the book industry are changing in a world of ebooks, self-publishing, and emerging business models. Useful comparisons are also made with other media industries which have undergone rapid change, such as music and newspapers. This book is an ideal companion for anyone wishing to understand the transition of the book, writing and publishing in recent years and will be particularly relevant to students studying publishing, media and communications.

The New Russian Book

Author : Birgitte Beck Pristed
Publisher : Springer
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319507088

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The New Russian Book by Birgitte Beck Pristed Pdf

This book takes up the obtrusive problem of visual representation of fiction in contemporary Russian book design. By analyzing a broad variety of book covers, the study offers an absolutely unique material that illustrates a radically changing notion of literature in the transformation of Soviet print culture to a post-Soviet book market. It delivers a profound and critical exploration of Russian visual imaginary of classic, popular, and contemporary prose. Among all the carelessly bungled covers of mass-published post-Soviet series the study identifies gems from experimental designers. By taking a comparative approach to the clash of two formerly separate book cultures, the Western and the Soviet, that results both in a mixture of highbrow and lowbrow forms and in ideological re-interpretations of the literary works, this book contributes to opening an East-West dialogue between the fields of Russian studies, contemporary book and media history, art, design, and visual studies.