Author: Bill Bell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192894692
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This is a book about readers on the move in the age of Victorian empire. It examines the libraries and reading habits of five reading constituencies from the long nineteenth century: shipboard emigrants, Australian convicts, Scottish settlers, polar explorers, and troops in the First World War. What was the role of reading in extreme circumstances? How were new meanings made under strange skies? How was reading connected with mobile communities in an age of expansion? Uncovering a vast range of sources from the period, from diaries, periodicals, and literary culture, Bill Bell reveals some remarkable and unanticipated insights into the way that reading operated within and upon the British Empire for over a century.
Crusoe's Books
Author: Bill Bell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192894692
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This is a book about readers on the move in the age of Victorian empire. It examines the libraries and reading habits of five reading constituencies from the long nineteenth century: shipboard emigrants, Australian convicts, Scottish settlers, polar explorers, and troops in the First World War. What was the role of reading in extreme circumstances? How were new meanings made under strange skies? How was reading connected with mobile communities in an age of expansion? Uncovering a vast range of sources from the period, from diaries, periodicals, and literary culture, Bill Bell reveals some remarkable and unanticipated insights into the way that reading operated within and upon the British Empire for over a century.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192894692
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This is a book about readers on the move in the age of Victorian empire. It examines the libraries and reading habits of five reading constituencies from the long nineteenth century: shipboard emigrants, Australian convicts, Scottish settlers, polar explorers, and troops in the First World War. What was the role of reading in extreme circumstances? How were new meanings made under strange skies? How was reading connected with mobile communities in an age of expansion? Uncovering a vast range of sources from the period, from diaries, periodicals, and literary culture, Bill Bell reveals some remarkable and unanticipated insights into the way that reading operated within and upon the British Empire for over a century.
Europe and the Black Sea Region
Author: Dominik Gutmeyr
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643802862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
When the scientific study of the Black Sea Region began in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, initially commissioned by adjacent powers such as the Habsburg and the Russian empires, this terra incognita was not yet considered part of Europe. The eighteen chapters of this volume show a broad range of thematic foci and theoretical approaches - the result of the enormous richness of the European macrocosm and the BSR. The microcosms of the many different case studies under scrutiny, however, demonstrate the historical dimension of exchange between the allegedly opposite poles of `East' and `West' and underscore the importance of mutual influences in the development of Europe and the BSR.
Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643802862
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
When the scientific study of the Black Sea Region began in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, initially commissioned by adjacent powers such as the Habsburg and the Russian empires, this terra incognita was not yet considered part of Europe. The eighteen chapters of this volume show a broad range of thematic foci and theoretical approaches - the result of the enormous richness of the European macrocosm and the BSR. The microcosms of the many different case studies under scrutiny, however, demonstrate the historical dimension of exchange between the allegedly opposite poles of `East' and `West' and underscore the importance of mutual influences in the development of Europe and the BSR.
Invasion of the Space Invaders
Author: Martin Amis
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 9781787331198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
ISBN: 9781787331198
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Victorian Publishing
Author: Alexis Weedon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351875868
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Drawing on research into the book-production records of twelve publishers-including George Bell & Son, Richard Bentley, William Blackwood, Chatto & Windus, Oliver & Boyd, Macmillan, and the book printers William Clowes and T&A Constable - taken at ten-year intervals from 1836 to 1916, this book interprets broad trends in the growth and diversity of book publishing in Victorian Britain. Chapters explore the significance of the export trade to the colonies and the rising importance of towns outside London as centres of publishing; the influence of technological change in increasing the variety and quantity of books; and how the business practice of literary publishing developed to expand the market for British and American authors. The book takes examples from the purchase and sale of popular fiction by Ouida, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Ewing, and canonical authors such as George Eliot, Wilkie Collins, and Mark Twain. Consideration of the unique demands of the educational market complements the focus on fiction, as readers, arithmetic books, music, geography, science textbooks, and Greek and Latin classics became a staple for an increasing number of publishing houses wishing to spread the risk of novel publication.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351875868
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Drawing on research into the book-production records of twelve publishers-including George Bell & Son, Richard Bentley, William Blackwood, Chatto & Windus, Oliver & Boyd, Macmillan, and the book printers William Clowes and T&A Constable - taken at ten-year intervals from 1836 to 1916, this book interprets broad trends in the growth and diversity of book publishing in Victorian Britain. Chapters explore the significance of the export trade to the colonies and the rising importance of towns outside London as centres of publishing; the influence of technological change in increasing the variety and quantity of books; and how the business practice of literary publishing developed to expand the market for British and American authors. The book takes examples from the purchase and sale of popular fiction by Ouida, Mrs. Wood, Mrs. Ewing, and canonical authors such as George Eliot, Wilkie Collins, and Mark Twain. Consideration of the unique demands of the educational market complements the focus on fiction, as readers, arithmetic books, music, geography, science textbooks, and Greek and Latin classics became a staple for an increasing number of publishing houses wishing to spread the risk of novel publication.
An Introduction to Research in English Literary History
Author: Chauncey Sanders
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353243705
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN: 9780353243705
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Special Report on Surnames in Ireland
Author: Sir Robert Edwin Matheson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Printing and the Mind of Man
Author: John Carter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780304926435
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780304926435
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Directory of California Manufacturers
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrialists
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrialists
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Departmental & Divisional Manuals
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
no. 1. Stack and Reader Division -- no. 2. Copyright Cataloging Division -- no. 3. Subject Cataloging Division -- no. 4. Catalog Maintenance Division -- no. 5. Binding Division -- no. 6. Exchange and Gift Division -- no. 7. Copyright Office: Register's Office, Reference Division, Service Division [and] Examining Division -- no. 8. Descriptive Cataloging Division -- no. 9. Serials Division -- no. 10. Legislative Reference Service -- no. 11. Loan Division -- no. 12. Hispanic Foundation -- no. 13. Processing Department Office -- no. 14. General Reference and Bibliography Division -- no. 15. Map Division -- no. 16. Music Division -- no. 17. Manuscripts Division -- no. 18. Rare Books Division. Microfilm Reading Room -- no. 19. Disbursing Office -- no. 20. Order Division -- no. 21. Guard Division -- no. 22. Union Catalog Division.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
no. 1. Stack and Reader Division -- no. 2. Copyright Cataloging Division -- no. 3. Subject Cataloging Division -- no. 4. Catalog Maintenance Division -- no. 5. Binding Division -- no. 6. Exchange and Gift Division -- no. 7. Copyright Office: Register's Office, Reference Division, Service Division [and] Examining Division -- no. 8. Descriptive Cataloging Division -- no. 9. Serials Division -- no. 10. Legislative Reference Service -- no. 11. Loan Division -- no. 12. Hispanic Foundation -- no. 13. Processing Department Office -- no. 14. General Reference and Bibliography Division -- no. 15. Map Division -- no. 16. Music Division -- no. 17. Manuscripts Division -- no. 18. Rare Books Division. Microfilm Reading Room -- no. 19. Disbursing Office -- no. 20. Order Division -- no. 21. Guard Division -- no. 22. Union Catalog Division.
Five Hundred Years of Printing
Author: Sigfrid Henry Steinberg
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Five Hundred Years of Printing is essential reading for the book collector, the cultural historian, the professional publisher and book designer, and teachers and students of typography, graphic design and communications studies. It immediately became established as a standard work on its publication as a Pelican in 1955 and saw two new editions within twenty years.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Five Hundred Years of Printing is essential reading for the book collector, the cultural historian, the professional publisher and book designer, and teachers and students of typography, graphic design and communications studies. It immediately became established as a standard work on its publication as a Pelican in 1955 and saw two new editions within twenty years.