The Nature of the Book by Adrian Johns
This text takes a look at early modern England and the creative and commercial forces in which print culture was formed and its many arenas - commercial, intellectual, political and individual. It includes detailed information on booksellers shops, the Royal Society, paper manufactories and type foundaries. Also featured are replications of the bitter disputes between authors and printers, printers and booksellers and clerics and individuals as they debate and resolve the meaning and rights attached to the creation of ideas, their appearance in written form and then in print, and the opportunity to sell, buy, and read printed work. Focusing on the interplay between the scientific and print revolutions and on their roles, both complementary and antagonistic, the text looks at production and dissemination of knowledge. Print also being used to manipulate those findings for political, religious or idealogical reasons.
Johns, Adrian: -
Adrian Johns is professor of history and chair of the Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies at the University of Chicago. He is the author of The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, also published by the University of Chicago Press.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226401218 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226401219 |
| Title | The Nature of the Book |
| Author | Adrian Johns |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 1998-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 776 |
| Prizes | Winner of American Society for 18th-Century Studies Louis Gotschalk Prize 1999, Winner of Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing: Book History Prize 1998 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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