Author: Suarez, Michael F. ; & Turner, Michael L. ; editors:
Title: The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 5, 1695-1830
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (2009). orig.cloth, dustwrapper. 24x15cm, xxvi,1020 pp.. 48pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. An ink mark to bottom page-edge. VG. ¶ 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. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identity, on education and the dissemination of practical knowledge. Written by a distinguished international team of experts, this study examines print culture from all angles: readers and authors, publishers and booksellers; books, newspapers and periodicals; social places and networks for reading; new genres (children's books, the novel); the growth of specialist markets; and British book exports, especially to the colonies. Interdisciplinary in its perspective, this book will be an important scholarly resource for many years to come" - publisher's description.

Keywords: British Publishing History, Great Britain, Books, Book Industry, Bibliography, , , ,