The Coming of the Book - (Verso World History (Paperback)) by Lucien Febvre & Henri-Jean Martin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The emergence of the book was an event of world historical importance, and heralded the dawning of modernity. In this history of that momentous process, the authors mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of modes of consciousness to root the development of printing.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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, <i>The Coming of the Book</i> is more pertinent than ever.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"It is one of the most exciting scholarly books ever written on printing ... This book is serious work--marvelously rich and stimulating."--Hugh Trevor-Roper, <i>Sunday Times</i> <p/>"It ranks easily among the most consequential works of recent French scholarship."--<i>Times Literary Supplement</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lucien Febvre</b>, who died in 1956, was cofounder of the influential journal <i>Annales</i>, and is widely recognized as one of the foremost historians of the twentieth century. His other books include <i>A Geographical Introduction to History</i>, <i>The Problem of Unbelief in the Sixteenth Century: The Religion of Rabelais</i> and <i>Life in Renaissance France</i>. <p/><b>Henri-Jean Martin</b> was a distinguished historian of the development of early printing. His other publications include <i>The French Book: Religion, Absolutism and Readership, 1585-1715</i> and <i>The History and Power of Writing</i>.
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