Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Changes in the look of the book
- 2 The illustration revolution
- 3 The serial revolution
- 4 Authorship
- 5 Copyright
- 6 Distribution
- 7 Reading
- 8 Mass markets: religion
- 9 Mass markets: education
- 10 Mass markets: children’s books
- 11 Mass markets: literature
- 12 Science, technology and mathematics
- 13 Publishing for leisure
- 14 Publishing for trades and professions
- 15 Organising knowledge in print
- 16 The information revolution
- 17 A place in the world
- 18 Second-hand and old books
- 19 A year of publishing: 1891
- 20 Following up The reading nation
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Sections
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2010
- Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 1 Changes in the look of the book
- 2 The illustration revolution
- 3 The serial revolution
- 4 Authorship
- 5 Copyright
- 6 Distribution
- 7 Reading
- 8 Mass markets: religion
- 9 Mass markets: education
- 10 Mass markets: children’s books
- 11 Mass markets: literature
- 12 Science, technology and mathematics
- 13 Publishing for leisure
- 14 Publishing for trades and professions
- 15 Organising knowledge in print
- 16 The information revolution
- 17 A place in the world
- 18 Second-hand and old books
- 19 A year of publishing: 1891
- 20 Following up The reading nation
- Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Sections
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain , pp. i - xviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009