The Book in Britain. A historical introduction

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Narrative account which explores the impact of books, manuscripts and other texts - their significance, influence, status - on the cultures and societies of the British Isles. Chapters include: 'The Middle Ages and the Renaissance - early beginnings to the Norman Conquest of 1066'; 'From the high Middle Ages to the coming of print, 1066-1530'; 'Consolidation and control in the world of print, 1530-1640'; 'The interregnum and the long eighteenth century - politics and periodicals, 1641-95'; 'Partisan strife and the world of print, 1695-1740'; 'Managing the flood of print, 1740-80'; 'From the nineteenth century to the modern age - consolidating change, 1780-1820'; 'The distribution revolution - the age of mass production, 1870-1920'; 'The twentieth and twenty first centuries - minority culture and popular print, 1920-40'; 'The age of the mass market paperback, 1940-70'; 'Big business and digital technology, 1970-2018'