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Item Details
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THE COMING OF THE BOOK
THE IMPACT OF PRINTING, 1450 - 1800 |
| By: |
Lucien Fevre, Henri-Jean Martin |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£60.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
184467634X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781844676347 |
| Publisher: |
VERSO BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 August, 2010 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Language: |
English, French |
| Description: |
The emergence of the book was an event of world historical importance, and heralded the dawning of modernity. This title presents the history of that process, combining technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of modes of consciousness to root the development of printing in the ideological struggles of Western Europe. |
| Synopsis: |
The emergence of the book was an event of world historical importance, and heralded the dawning of modernity. In this much praised history of that momentous process, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of modes of consciousness to root the development of printing in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Verso Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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