Author: Adrian Johns
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0226401219
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0226401219
The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making
In The Nature of the Book, a tour de force of cultural history, Adrian Johns constructs an entirely original and vivid picture of print culture and its many arenas-commercial, intellectual, political, and individual. Get The Nature of the Book computer books for free.
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"A compelling exposition of how authors, printers, booksellers and readers competed for power over the printed page. . . . The richness of Mr. Johns's book lies in the splendid detail he has collected to describe the world of books in the first two centuries after the printing press arrived in England."-Alberto Manguel, Washington Times
"[A] mammoth and stimulating account of the place of print in the history of knowledge. . . . Johns has written a tremendously learned primer."-D. Graham Burnett, N Check The Nature of the Book our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.
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