The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book

The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book
Author: Leslie Howsam
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2015
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1107023734

An accessible and wide-ranging study of the history of the book within local, national and global contexts.

The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain

The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
Author: Lotte Hellinga
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 846
Release: 1999-12-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780521573467

This volume of The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain presents an overview of the century-and-a-half between the death of Chaucer in 1400 and the incorporation of the Stationers' Company in 1557. The profound changes during that time in social, political and religious conditions are reflected in the dissemination and reception of the written word. The manuscript culture of Chaucer's day was replaced by an ambience in which printed books would become the norm. The emphasis in this collection of essays is on the demand and use of books. Patterns of ownership are identified as well as patterns of where, why and how books were written, printed, bound, acquired, read and passed from hand to hand. The book trade receives special attention, with emphasis on the large part played by imports and on links with printers in other countries, which were decisive for the development of printing and publishing in Britain.

The Cambridge History of America and the World: Volume 4, 1945 to the Present

The Cambridge History of America and the World: Volume 4, 1945 to the Present
Author: David C. Engerman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 903
Release: 2022-03-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108317855

The fourth volume of The Cambridge History of America and the World examines the heights of American global power in the mid-twentieth century and how challenges from at home and abroad altered the United States and its role in the world. The second half of the twentieth century marked the pinnacle of American global power in economic, political, and cultural terms, but even as it reached such heights, the United States quickly faced new challenges to its power, originating both domestically and internationally. Highlighting cutting-edge ideas from scholars from all over the world, this volume anatomizes American power as well as the counters and alternatives to 'the American empire.' Topics include US economic and military power, American culture overseas, human rights and humanitarianism, third-world internationalism, immigration, communications technology, and the Anthropocene.

The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 7, The Twentieth Century and Beyond

The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 7, The Twentieth Century and Beyond
Author: Andrew Nash
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 784
Release: 2021-03-18
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781009010474

The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain is an authoritative series which surveys the history of publishing, bookselling, authorship and reading in Britain. This seventh and final volume surveys the twentieth and twenty-first centuries from a range of perspectives in order to create a comprehensive guide, from growing professionalisation at the beginning of the twentieth century, to the impact of digital technologies at the end. Its multi-authored focus on the material book and its manufacture broadens to a study of the book's authorship and readership, and its production and dissemination via publishing and bookselling. It examines in detail key market sectors over the course of the period, and concludes with a series of essays concentrating on aspects of book history: the book in wartime; class, democracy and value; books and other media; intellectual property and copyright; and imperialism and post-imperialism.

The Cambridge History of the English Language

The Cambridge History of the English Language
Author: Norman Francis Blake
Publisher:
Total Pages: 676
Release: 1992
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9780511468469

Volume two of this set covers the Middle English Period, approximately 1066-1476, and describes and analyses developments in the language from the Norman Conquest to the introduction of printing.

The Cambridge World History

The Cambridge World History
Author: Jerry H. Bentley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-04-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521761628

The era from 1400 to 1800 saw intense biological, commercial, and cultural exchanges, and the creation of global connections on an unprecedented scale. Divided into two books, Volume 6 of the Cambridge World History series considers these critical transformations. The first book examines the material and political foundations of the era, including global considerations of the environment, disease, technology, and cities, along with regional studies of empires in the eastern and western hemispheres, crossroads areas such as the Indian Ocean, Central Asia, and the Caribbean, and sites of competition and conflict, including Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Mediterranean. The second book focuses on patterns of change, examining the expansion of Christianity and Islam, migrations, warfare, and other topics on a global scale, and offering insightful detailed analyses of the Columbian exchange, slavery, silver, trade, entrepreneurs, Asian religions, legal encounters, plantation economies, early industrialism, and the writing of history.

The History of Cambridge

The History of Cambridge
Author: Abiel Holmes
Publisher: Hardpress Publishing
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781290898591

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.