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The penguin history of britain is a popular book series on british history, published by penguin books. The cambridge cultural history of britain, volume 7. Add tags for the cambridge history of the book in britain. This seventh and final volume surveys the twentieth and twentyfirst centuries from a range of perspectives in order to create a comprehensive guide, from growing professionalisation at. The history of the book offers a distinctive form of access to the ways in which human beings have sought to give meaning to their own and others lives. The cambridge history of the book in britain volume 7. The oxford history of the novel in english is a comprehensive, worldwide history of englishlanguage prose. The result is an authoritative account of the first millennium of the history of books, manuscriptmaking and literary culture in britain which, intimately linked to its cultural contexts, sheds vital light on broader patterns of political, ecclesiastical and cultural history extending from the period of the vindolanda writing tablets through. This volume of the cambridge history of the book in britain presents an overview of the centuryandahalf between the death of chaucer in 1400 and the incorporation of the stationers company in 1557. The first to appear of a projected sevenvolume cambridge history of the book in britain, volumeiii firmliy grounds the entire project in the pivotal age of transition from the manuscript to the printed book, and in doing so provides its own milestone in the relatively recent but now thriving historical subdiscipline of book history. The contributors offer a detailed analysis of the evolution of national and regional urban networks in england, scotland and wales, and assess the growth of all the main types of towns from the rising imperial metropolis of. The cambridge world history is a seven volume history of the world in nine books published by cambridge university press in 2015. The cambridge history of the book in britain, volume 5.
Volume 7, the twentieth century and beyond by andrew nash, claire squires, i. This second volume of the cambridge history of the book in britain chbb ii comprises twenty essays that address how, why, and for whom medieval manuscripts were made, focusing despite its title on the period c. The cambridge medieval history, vol iv, the byzantine empire part i. The cambridge history of the book in britain is an authoritative series which surveys the history of publishing, bookselling, authorship and reading in britain. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the cambridge history of the book in britain. The cambridge history of the british empire was a major work of historical scholarship published in eight volumes between 1929 and 1961 by cambridge university press. The cambridge history of china is an ongoing series of books published by the cambridge university press cup covering the history of china from the founding of the qin dynasty in 221 bc to 1982 ad. The history of british womens writing, 18801920 volume seven. 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. The cambridge world history 9volume set nhbs academic.
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