Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Chronology
- 1 The study of book history
- Part I Book cultures, local, national and global
- 2 Books in the library
- 3 Books in the nation
- 4 Books in global perspectives
- Part II The material book and the mutable text
- Part III Methods, sources and approaches to the history of the book
- Glossary of technical terms used by bibliographers and historians of the book
- Guide to further reading
- Index
3 - Books in the nation
from Part I - Book cultures, local, national and global
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 December 2014
- The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book
- Series page
- The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Chronology
- 1 The study of book history
- Part I Book cultures, local, national and global
- 2 Books in the library
- 3 Books in the nation
- 4 Books in global perspectives
- Part II The material book and the mutable text
- Part III Methods, sources and approaches to the history of the book
- Glossary of technical terms used by bibliographers and historians of the book
- Guide to further reading
- Index
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- The Cambridge Companion to the History of the Book , pp. 36 - 52Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014
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