{"product_id":"the-oxford-illustrated-history-of-the-book-paperback","title":"The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Raven\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 14 original essays, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Illustrated History of the Book\u003c\/em\u003e reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world to the digital present. Leading international scholars offer an original and richly illustrated narrative that is global in scope. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe history of the book is the history of millions of written, printed, and illustrated texts, their manufacture, distribution, and reception. Here are different types of production, from clay tablets to scrolls, from inscribed codices to printed books, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers, from written parchment to digital texts. The history of the book is a history of different methods of circulation and dissemination, all dependent on innovations in transport, from coastal and transoceanic shipping to roads, trains, planes and the internet. It is a history of different modes of reading and reception, from learned debate and individual study to public instruction and entertainment. It is a history of manufacture, craftsmanship, dissemination, reading and debate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet the history of books is not simply a question of material form, nor indeed of the history of reading and reception. The larger question is of the effect of textual production, distribution and reception - of how books themselves made history. To this end, each chapter of this volume, succinctly bounded by period and geography, offers incisive and stimulating insights into the relationship between books and the story of their times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames Raven, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Modern History, University of Essex\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Raven is Professor of Modern History at the University of Essex and a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Formerly he was Reader in Social and Cultural History, University of Oxford, and Professorial Fellow of Mansfield College. He is the author, editor and co-editor of numerous books in early modern and modern British, European and colonial history, including \u003cem\u003eJudging New Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e (1992); \u003cem\u003eThe Practice and Representation of Reading\u003c\/em\u003e (1996); \u003cem\u003eThe English Novel 1770-1829\u003c\/em\u003e (2000); \u003cem\u003eFree Print and Non-Commercial Publishing\u003c\/em\u003e (2000); \u003cem\u003eLondon Booksellers and American Customers\u003c\/em\u003e (2002); \u003cem\u003eLost Libraries\u003c\/em\u003e (2004); \u003cem\u003eThe Business of Books: Booksellers and the English Book Trade\u003c\/em\u003e (2007); \u003cem\u003eBooks between Europe and the Americas\u003c\/em\u003e (2011); \u003cem\u003ePublishing Business\u003c\/em\u003e (2014) and \u003cem\u003eBookscape: Geographies of Printing and Publishing in London before 1800\u003c\/em\u003e (2014).\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 9.6 x 7.46 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985769660717,"sku":"9780198702993","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/SDVXcXR2TnFFQ3Y1dXA2TmtucFY2dz09.webp?v=1776138942","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-illustrated-history-of-the-book-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}