The Book: The Life Story of a Technology

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2005
Author
Author: Nicole Howard
Language
English
Number of Pages
171 pp.
Publisher
Greenwood Press
City
Westport, CT
Chronological Period
15th century
16th century
17th century
1800-1849
1850-1899
18th century
1900-1949
1950-1999
ISBN
9780313330285
Annotation

Contents: 

  • Ancestors: books before print 
  • Infancy: the earliest printed books, 1450-1500 
  • Youth: books in the sixteenth century
  • Adulthood: early-modern books, 1600-1800 
  • Maturity : books in the age of automation, 1800-1900 
  • The future of books: twentieth century and beyond
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