Author

Contributions

  • Martin, Henri Jean, 1924- - Contributor

Publication

1990 - Verso, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

94,500 words, Guess

Page Count

378 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number91114488
  • LibraryThing51696
  • Goodreads6878388

Classifications

  • DDC002
  • LCCZ4 .F413 1990

Description

"The emergence of the book was not merely an event of world historical importance, but the dawn of modernity. In this much praised work, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of consciousness itself to root the development of printing in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe. Now that the printed page may become a thing of the past, The Coming of the Book is more pertinent than ever."--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Verso modern classics

Other Editions

  • The coming of the book: the impact of printing, 1450-1800Verso1990-01-01

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