Books, and the printed word more generally, are aspects of modern life that are all too often taken for granted. Yet the emergence of the book was a process of immense historical importance and heralded the dawning of the epoch of modernity. In this much praised history of that process, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, as well as the study of modes of consciousness, to root the development of the printed word in the changing social relations ...
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Books, and the printed word more generally, are aspects of modern life that are all too often taken for granted. Yet the emergence of the book was a process of immense historical importance and heralded the dawning of the epoch of modernity. In this much praised history of that process, Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin mesh together economic and technological history, sociology and anthropology, as well as the study of modes of consciousness, to root the development of the printed word in the changing social relations and ideological struggles of Western Europe.
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Near Fine. 8vo. 378 pp, foreword by Henri-Jean Martin, preface by Lucien Febvre, manuscripts by Marcel Thomas, 1. Preliminaries: The Introduction of Paper int Europe; 2. The Technical Problems and their Solution; 3. The Book: Its Visual Appearanc; 4. The Book as Commodity; 5. The Little World of the Book; 6. The Geography of the Book; 7. The Book Trade; 8. The Book as a Force for Change; notes, index. Translated by David Gerard. Edited by Geoffrey Nowell-Smith and David Wootton: Later Printing, 1984. "Planned between 1953-1956, this volume was the last work conceived by the French historian Lucien Febvre, who is today generally acknowledged to have been one of the greatest and most innovatory historians of the 2th century. His aim was to reveal not only the technical pre-conditions, but also the social presssures which shaped the epoch-making transition from the manuscript to the printed page in Europe, and examines how the advent of movable type hanged the way in which men could think, by transforming the fundamental tool of the scholar's craft and carrying the printed word into domains hitherto untouched by the challenge of new ideas." from the rear panel. Only the faintest external wear, else, Pristine. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Trade paperback.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 0860917975.
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