Book contents
- Readers in a Revolution
- Readers in a Revolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Re-Shaping the World
- 3 Books in Abundance
- 4 Celebrating Print
- Libraries
- Trading and Collecting
- Books in Detail
- Books on Show
- Another Generation
- 15 Changes in Direction
- 16 Advice and Guidance
- 17 Standing Back
- 18 The Next Generation
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
18 - The Next Generation
from Another Generation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 June 2022
- Readers in a Revolution
- Readers in a Revolution
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Re-Shaping the World
- 3 Books in Abundance
- 4 Celebrating Print
- Libraries
- Trading and Collecting
- Books in Detail
- Books on Show
- Another Generation
- 15 Changes in Direction
- 16 Advice and Guidance
- 17 Standing Back
- 18 The Next Generation
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The late 1880s brought a concatenation of events in the world of books that identifies these few years as a period of especially rapid and fundamental change. People were well aware of it at the time, and wrote about it explicitly. Henry Wheatley was among the most popular. By the late nineteenth century many of the features familiar in the main catalogues of major libraries were established.
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- Readers in a RevolutionBibliographical Change in the Nineteenth Century, pp. 289 - 308Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022