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This volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identity, on education and the dissemination of practical knowledge. Written by a distinguished international team of experts, this study examines print culture from all angles: readers and authors, publishers and booksellers; books, newspapers and periodicals; social places and networks for reading; new genres (children's books, the novel); the growth of specialist markets; and British book exports, especially to the colonies. Interdisciplinary in its perspective, this book will be an important scholarly resource for many years to come.

Books --- Book industries and trade --- History --- Grande-Bretagne --- Manuscrits --- Beda venerabilis --- Aelfric --- Aldhelmus ep. Shireburnensis --- Alcuinus --- Livres liturgiques --- Angleterre --- Patricius ep. apost. Hiberniae --- Adamnanus ab. Hiensis --- Livres --- Industrie du livre --- Grande-bretagne --- 12e siècle --- 13e siècle --- 14e siècle --- 15e siècle --- 16e siècle --- 17e siècle --- 18e siècle --- 19e siècle --- 20e siècle --- Histoire