Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 6, 18301914

The fullest account ever published of the nineteenth-century revolution in printing, publishing and bookselling.

List of contents

Introduction David McKitterick; 1. Changes in the look of the book David McKitterick; 2. The illustration revolution Michael Twyman; 3. The serial revolution Graham Law and Robert L. Patten; 4. Authorship Patrick Leary and Andrew Nash; 5. Copyright Catherine Seville; 6. Distribution Stephen Colclough; 7. Reading Stephen Colclough and David Vincent; 8. Mass markets: religion Michael Ledger-Lomas; 9. Mass markets: education Christopher Stray and Gillian Sutherland; 10. Mass markets: children's books Brian Alderson and Andrea Immel; 11. Mass markets: literature Simon Eliot and Andrew Nash; 12. Publishing science, technology and mathematics James A. Secord; 13. Publishing for leisure Victoria Cooper and Dave Russell; 14. Publishing for the professions David McKitterick; 15. Organised knowledge David McKitterick; 16. The information revolution Aileen Fyfe; 17. A place in the world John Barnes, Bill Bell, Rimi Chatterjee, Wallace Kirsop and Michael Winship; 18. A place in time David McKitterick; 19. A publishing year - 1891 Simon Eliot and Richard Freebury; 20. Where do we go from here? William St Clair; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

David McKitterick is Fellow and Librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Honorary Professor of Historical Bibliography in the University of Cambridge.

Product details

• Authors: David Mckitterick, David (University of Cambridge) McKitterick
• Assisted by: David Mckitterick (Editor), David (University of Cambridge) McKitterick (Editor), McKitterick David (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2014
• EAN: 9781107668294
• ISBN: 978-1-107-66829-4
• No. of pages: 813
• Series: The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain; Cambridge History of the Book; Cambridge History of the Book; The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade