Martyn Lyons

Books: A Living History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From the first scribbling on papyrus to the emergence of the e-book, this wide-ranging overview of the history of the book provides a fascinating look at one of the most efficient, versatile, and enduring technologies ever developed. The author traces the evolution of the book from the rarefied world of the hand-copied and illuminated volume in ancient and medieval times, through the revolutionary impact of Gutenberg s invention of the printing press, to the rise of a publishing culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the subsequent impact of new technologies on this culture. Many of the great individual titles of the past two millennia are discussed as well as the range of book types and formats that have emerged in the last few hundred years, from serial and dime novels to paperbacks, children s books, and Japanese manga. The volume ends with a discussion of the digital revolution in book production and distribution and the ramifications for book lovers, who can t help but wonder whether the book will thrive or even survive in a form they recognize."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Getty Publications
• New
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 263mm x 202mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 1079g
• ISBN-13: 9781606060834
• ISBN-10: 160606083X
• Artikelnr.: 33323558

Autorenporträt

Martyn Lyons is professor of history at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and the author of A History of Reading and Writing in the Western World (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and Reading Culture and Writing Practices in Nineteenth-Century France (University of Toronto Press, 2008).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Power and Magic of the Book . 1. Ancient and Medieval
World . 2. The New Culture of Print . 3. Enlightenment and the Masses . 4.
The Publisher Arrives . 5. Knowledge for All . Conclusion: The New Age of
the Book