Geographies of the book

Resource Information

The work Geographies of the book represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Geographies of the book

Statement of responsibility

edited by Miles Ogborn, Charles W.J. Withers

Contributor

• Ogborn, Miles
• Withers, Charles W. J.

Editor

• Ogborn, Miles
• Withers, Charles W. J.

Subject

• Book industries and trade -- Political aspects
• Book industries and trade -- Social aspects
• Books and reading -- Political aspects
• Books and reading -- Social aspects
• Literature and state
• Publishers and publishing -- Political aspects
• Publishers and publishing -- Social aspects

Language

eng

Summary

The geography of the book is as old as the history of the book, though far less thoroughly explored. Yet research has increasingly pointed to the spatial dimensions of book history, to the transformation of texts as they are made and moved from place to place, from authors to readers and within different communities and cultures of reception. Widespread recognition of the significance of place, of the effects of movement over space and of the importance of location to the making and reception of print culture has been a feature of recent book history work, and draws in many instances upon studies within the history of science as well as geography. 'Geographies of the Book' explores the complex relationships between the making of books in certain geographical contexts, the movement of books (epistemologically as well as geographically) and the ways in which they are received.--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Taylor & Francis eBooks