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The five volumes in A History of the Book in America offer a sweeping chronicle of our country's print production and culture from colonial times to the end of the twentieth century. This interdisciplinary, collaborative work of scholarship examines the book trades as they have developed and spread throughout the United States; provides a history of U.S. literary cultures; investigates the practice of reading and, more broadly, the uses of literacy; and links literary culture with larger themes in American history.
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"What the History of the Book series shows so clearly is that the world we know, the communities to which we already belong, are reified and reinforced by books. Such is the incredible and incredibly flexible power of this primitive technology. Behold the book: It is limited but perfect."
-Humanities magazine
"A model of scholarly publication and institutional cooperation. . . . A timely achievement and a great one. . . . Without university presses, we would still be waiting for HBA."
-Journal of Scholarly Publishing
"One of the great scholarly projects of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first centuries. . . .The History is a miracle of extensive and intensive scholarship, sustained over decades and across continents."
-The New England Quarterly
-Humanities magazine
"A model of scholarly publication and institutional cooperation. . . . A timely achievement and a great one. . . . Without university presses, we would still be waiting for HBA."
-Journal of Scholarly Publishing
"One of the great scholarly projects of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first centuries. . . .The History is a miracle of extensive and intensive scholarship, sustained over decades and across continents."
-The New England Quarterly
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- PublisherThe University of North Carolina Press
- ISBN 10 1469621649
- ISBN 13 9781469621647
- BindingPaperback
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