Book contents
- Boxes and Books in Early Modern England
- Boxes and Books in Early Modern England
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Texts
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Chests of the Mind in Early Modern England
- Chapter 2 The Renaissance of the Box
- Chapter 3 The Word in a Box
- Chapter 4 How to Read a Reliquary
- Chapter 5 ‘Because this box we know’
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Index
- Boxes and Books in Early Modern England
- Boxes and Books in Early Modern England
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Texts
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Chests of the Mind in Early Modern England
- Chapter 2 The Renaissance of the Box
- Chapter 3 The Word in a Box
- Chapter 4 How to Read a Reliquary
- Chapter 5 ‘Because this box we know’
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Index
Summary
Looks forwards to the shipping container, a universally recognisable box crucial to the networks and infrastructures of contemporary capitalism. This ubiquitous object, a box with a standardised form, has transformed the global movement of stuff. The box of all boxes, this icon of modernity is a reminder that the way we live continues to be constrained by material things. Summarises how the book as a whole has told the story of the early modern precursors to this object, a dynamic range of boxes that enfranchised ways of being, thinking, and writing.
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- Boxes and Books in Early Modern EnglandMateriality, Metaphor, Containment, pp. 219 - 230Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021