Title: Broadview Reader in Book History
Description: Book history has emerged as one of the most exciting new interdisciplinary fields of study in the humanities. By focusing on the production, circulation, and reception of the book in all its forms, it has transformed the study of history, literature, and culture. The Broadview Reader in Book History is the most complete and up-to-date introduction available to this area of study. The reader reprints 33 key essays in the field, grouped conceptually and provided with headnotes, explanatory footnotes, an introduction, an chronology, and a glossary of terms. -- from back cover.
Subjects: Publishing and book trade, History, Books, Books and reading, Livres, Histoire