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Ten books that shaped the British empire : creating an imperial commons
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ISBN: 0822358271 0822375923 1478093269 0822358131 1322335230 Year: 2014 Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press,

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Looking at ten books that shaped the modern British Empire, the contributors examine imperial classics, anticolonial blockbusters, and a range of pamphlets, assessing the effects of each one on key aspects of imperial history.

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From Gutenberg to Luther : transnational print cultures in Scandinavia 1450-1525
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ISBN: 9789004270572 9789004270596 9004270590 1306771943 9781306771948 9004270574 Year: 2014 Volume: 28 37 Publisher: Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill,

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Printed book cultures in Scandinavia before 1525 were formed by their vicinity to expanding European book markets. Collections of prints were founded, decisions on printing books in Scandinavia were based upon thorough knowledge of what printers on the continent achieved in question of volume, quality and price. Building on a large database of contemporary provenances and statistical analyses of every possible aspect of peripheral book markets, as well as on new readings of many old and new sources, this book recalibrates scholarly looks on Scandinavian book history before the Reformation. The result is a fresh portrait of a dynamic period in cultural history which places Scandinavia, though in the geographical periphery of Europe, in the middle of European printing.


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50 ans d'histoire du livre, 1958-2008
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ISBN: 9791091281157 9791091281928 9791091281256 Year: 2014 Volume: *1 Publisher: Presses de l’enssib

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En 1958, Albin Michel publie L'Apparition du livre, dans la collection L'Évolution de l'humanité créée par Henri Berr. Cet ouvrage, rédigé par Lucien Febvre et Henri-Jean Martin, n'est pas le seul à traiter de la question de l'imprimerie, de la civilisation du livre, mais il innove dans sa tentative d'écrire et de penser une histoire sociale, politique et économique. Le sous-titre: " le livre, ce ferment " élargissait l'horizon et ne se limitait pas au livre " cette marchandise ".0La publication de L'Apparition du livre marque aussi l'arrivée d'un jeune bibliothécaire, Henri-Jean Martin, en poste à la Bibliothèque nationale: il n'a, à cette date, que 34 ans. L'ouvrage eut à ses débuts un écho commercial limité: il deviendra un ouvrage de référence, trois fois réédité; et surtout, Henri-Jean Martin a poursuivi cette voie féconde de recherche pluridisciplinaire, propre aussi aux années 1970.0.


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The thing, the book : a monument to the book as object.
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ISBN: 9781452117201 1452117209 Year: 2014 Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books,

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Featuring: Gwen Allen - Tauba Auerbach - John Baldessari - Martin Creed - Mark Dion - Anthony Discenza - Kota Ezawa - Harrell Fletcher - Ryan Gander - Sam Green - Jonn Herschend & Will Rogan - Matthew Higgs - Andrew Hultkrans - Chris Johanson - Miranda July - Starlee Kine - Andrew Leland - Jonathan Lethem - MacFadden & Thorpe - Mike Mills - Rick Moody - Dave Muller - Laurel Nakadate - Tucker Nichols - Trevor Paglen - Lucy Pullen - Ed Ruscha - Leslie Shows - David Shrigley - Molly Springfield - Sara VanDerBeek - Anne Walsh - Lawrence Wiener - Richard Wentworth


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RIDE : a review journal for digital editions and resources.
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ISSN: 23634952 Year: 2014 Publisher: Köln : Institut für Dokumentologie und Editorik, e.V., Universität zu Köln,

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RIDE aims to direct attention to digital editions and to provide a forum in which expert peers criticise and discuss the efforts of digital editors in order to improve current practices and advance future developments. RIDE also visualizes some of the data gathered from the reviewers and offers download-packages of all XML files to facilitate researchers with data for their own investigations and visualisations--Adapted from editorial page, viewed December 20, 2016.


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The archaeology of Tibetan books
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ISBN: 9789004275041 9004275045 1306976901 9004275053 9789004275058 9781306976909 Year: 2014 Volume: 36 Publisher: Leiden

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In Archaeology of Tibetan Books , Agnieszka Helman-Ważny explores the varieties of artistic expression, materials, and tools that have shaped Tibetan books over the millennia. Digging into the history of the bookmaking craft, the author approaches these ancient texts primarily through the lens of their artistry, while simultaneously showing them as physical objects embedded in pragmatic, economic, and social frameworks. She provides analyses of several significant Tibetan books—which usually carry Buddhist teachings—including a selection of manuscripts from Dunhuang from the 1st millennium C.E., examples of illuminated manuscripts from Western and Central Tibet dating from the 15th century, and fragments of printed Tibetan Kanjurs from as early as 1410. This detailed study of bookmaking sheds new light on the books' philosophical meanings.


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A companion to the early printed book in Britain 1476-1558
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ISBN: 9781843843634 9781782042099 9781843845362 1843843633 1843845369 1782042091 Year: 2014 Publisher: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer,

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The history of the book is now recognized as a field of central importance for understanding the cultural changes that swept through Tudor England. This companion aims to provide a comprehensive guide to the issues relevant to theearly printed book, covering the significant cultural, social and technological developments from 1476 (the introduction of printing to England) to 1558 (the death of Mary Tudor). Divided into thematic sections (the printed booktrade; the book as artefact; patrons, purchasers and producers; and the cultural capital of print), it considers the social, historical, and cultural context of the rise of print, with the problems as well as advantages of the transmission from manuscript to print. the printers of the period; the significant Latin trade and its effect on the English market; paper, types, bindings, and woodcuts and other decorative features which create the packaged book; and the main sponsors and consumers of the printed book: merchants, the lay clientele, secular and religious clergy, and the two Universities, as well as secular colleges and chantries. Further topics addressed include humanism, women translators, and the role of censorship and the continuity of Catholic publishing from that time. The book is completed with a chronology and detailed indices. Vincent Gillespie is J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford; Susan Powell held a Chair in Medieval Texts and Culture at the University of Salford, and is currently affiliated to the Universities of London and York. Contributors: Tamara Atkin, Alan Coates, Thomas Betteridge, Julia Boffey, James Clark, A.S.G. Edwards, Martha W. Driver, Mary Erler, Alexandra Gilespie, Vincent Gillespie, Andrew Hope, Brenda Hosington, Susan Powerll, Pamela Robinson, AnneF. Sutton, Daniel Wakelin, James Willoughby, Lucy Wooding

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