{"product_id":"the-book-in-britain-isbn-9780470654934","title":"The Book in Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduces readers to the history of books in Britain—their significance, influence, and current and future status\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresented as a comprehensive, up-to-date narrative, \u003ci\u003eThe Book in Britain: A Historical Introduction \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the impact of books, manuscripts, and other kinds of material texts on the cultures and societies of the British Isles. The text clearly explains the technicalities of printing and publishing and discusses the formal elements of books and manuscripts, which are necessary to facilitate an understanding of that impact. This collaboratively authored narrative history combines the knowledge and expertise of five scholars who seek to answer questions such as: How does the material form of a text affect its meaning? How do books shape political and religious movements? How have the economics of the book trade and copyright shaped the literary canon? Who has been included in and excluded from the world of books, and why?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book in Britain: A Historical Introduction \u003c\/i\u003ewill appeal to all scholars, students, and historians interested in the written word and its continued production and presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEditor’s Note vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Note on Money viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Middle Ages and the Renaissance 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Early Beginnings to the Norman Conquest of 1066 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 From the High Middle Ages to the Coming of Print, 1066–1530 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Consolidation and Control in the World of Print, 1530–1640 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Interregnum and the Long Eighteenth Century 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Politics and Periodicals, 1641–1695 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Partisan Strife and the World of Print, 1695–1740 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Managing the Flood of Print, 1740–1780 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III From the Nineteenth Century to the Modern Age 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Consolidating Change, 1780–1820 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Distribution Revolution: Innovation and Diversity, 1820–1870 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Age of Mass Production, 1870–1920 317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Twentieth and Twenty‐First Centuries 339\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Minority Culture and Popular Print, 1920–1940 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Age of the Mass‐Market Paperback, 1940–1970 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Big Business and Digital Technology, 1970–2018 413\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 461\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 506\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“For book history courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate level (which is surely where this is primarily aimed) it will be an invaluable introduction, not least because of the comprehensive citations throughout and the excellent bibliography which derives from them.” - John Feather (2019) The Book in Britain: A Historical Introduction, \u003cb\u003eLibrary \u0026amp; Information History\u003c\/b\u003e, 35:4, 229-230\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDANIEL ALLINGTON\u003c\/b\u003e is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Digital Humanities at King's College, London. Widely published on readership and digital media issues, he co-edited \u003ci\u003eCommunicating in English: Talk, Text, Technology\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID A. BREWER\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at The Ohio State University, where he teaches book history and eighteenth-century literature. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife of Character, 1726–1825\u003c\/i\u003e, and was part of the Multigraph Collective that wrote \u003ci\u003eInteracting with Print: Elements of Reading in the Era of Print Saturation\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEPHEN COLCLOUGH\u003c\/b\u003e (1969–2015) was Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Bangor University, a renowned scholar of Victorian literature and culture, and the author of \u003ci\u003eConsuming Texts: Readers and Reading Communities, 1695–1870\u003c\/i\u003e. He founded The Bangor Centre for the History of the Book, which has since been renamed in his honor.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSI N ECHARD\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of British Columbia, where she teaches classes in Middle English literature, the Arthurian tradition, medievalism, and book history. She is the author of \u003ci\u003ePrinting the Middle Ages\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eArthurian Narrative in the Latin Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e, and a general editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain\u003c\/i\u003e.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eZACHARY LESSER\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a general editor of The Arden Shakespeare\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Fourth Series, and the author of the award-winning books \u003ci\u003eRenaissance Drama and the Politics of Publication\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHamlet After Q1: An Uncanny History of the Shakespearean Text\u003c\/i\u003e.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCES READERS TO THE HISTORY OF BOOKS IN BRITAIN—THEIR SIGNIFICANCE, INFLUENCE, AND CURRENT AND FUTURE STATUS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented as a comprehensive, up-to-date narrative, \u003ci\u003eThe Book in Britain: A Historical Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e explores the impact of books, manuscripts, and other kinds of material texts on the cultures and societies of the British Isles. The text clearly explains the technicalities of printing and publishing and discusses the formal elements of books and manuscripts, which are necessary to facilitate an understanding of that impact. 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