Author: Michael H. Harris
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810877155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This edition of the History of Libraries in the Western World represents a substantial revision of the earlier edition, taking into account the "information revolution" that has swept the West since 1945 and the political revolution that swept across Europe beginning in 1986. In addition, recent scholarship has been incorporated throughout the text, with special emphasis on the work centered around the "new history of the book." The bibliographies at the end of each of the twelve chapters have been thoroughly revised to reflect the very considerable new work on library and book history.
History of Libraries of the Western World
Author: Michael H. Harris
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810877155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This edition of the History of Libraries in the Western World represents a substantial revision of the earlier edition, taking into account the "information revolution" that has swept the West since 1945 and the political revolution that swept across Europe beginning in 1986. In addition, recent scholarship has been incorporated throughout the text, with special emphasis on the work centered around the "new history of the book." The bibliographies at the end of each of the twelve chapters have been thoroughly revised to reflect the very considerable new work on library and book history.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810877155
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This edition of the History of Libraries in the Western World represents a substantial revision of the earlier edition, taking into account the "information revolution" that has swept the West since 1945 and the political revolution that swept across Europe beginning in 1986. In addition, recent scholarship has been incorporated throughout the text, with special emphasis on the work centered around the "new history of the book." The bibliographies at the end of each of the twelve chapters have been thoroughly revised to reflect the very considerable new work on library and book history.
History of Libraries in the Western World
Author: Michael H. Harris
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This edition of the History of Libraries in the Western World represents a substantial revision of the earlier edition, taking into account the information revolution that has swept the West since 1945 and the political revolution that swept across Europe beginning in 1986.
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This edition of the History of Libraries in the Western World represents a substantial revision of the earlier edition, taking into account the information revolution that has swept the West since 1945 and the political revolution that swept across Europe beginning in 1986.
History of Libraries in the Western World
Author: Elmer D. Johnson
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
A History of Libraries in the Western World
Author: Elmer D. Johnson
Publisher: New York : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
History of Libraries in the Western World
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The History of the Library in Western Civilization
Author: K. Staikos
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This work is the first in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one of our foremost scholars on library history, writing such books as this as well as works like "The Great Libraries," a classic in its field.This first volume reveals the rich history of the early archive libraries from Crete to the famous library of the Ptolemies in Alexandria. Through well-researched text and many full-color illustrations, the author guides his readers over 1800 years of mankind's struggle to preserve his knowledge by the written word.
Publisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This work is the first in an important, five-volume series addressing the unique role libraries have played in building and preserving Western culture. Mr. Staikos has become one of our foremost scholars on library history, writing such books as this as well as works like "The Great Libraries," a classic in its field.This first volume reveals the rich history of the early archive libraries from Crete to the famous library of the Ptolemies in Alexandria. Through well-researched text and many full-color illustrations, the author guides his readers over 1800 years of mankind's struggle to preserve his knowledge by the written word.
A History of Libraries in the Western World
Author: Elmer D. Johnson
Publisher: New York : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher: New York : Scarecrow Press
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A History of libraries in the western world
Author: Elmer Johnson
Publisher:
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Languages : de
Pages : 418
Book Description
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Languages : de
Pages : 418
Book Description
Ancient Libraries
Author: Jason König
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107244587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
The circulation of books was the motor of classical civilization. However, books were both expensive and rare, and so libraries - private and public, royal and civic - played key roles in articulating intellectual life. This collection, written by an international team of scholars, presents a fundamental reassessment of how ancient libraries came into being, how they were organized and how they were used. Drawing on papyrology and archaeology, and on accounts written by those who read and wrote in them, it presents new research on reading cultures, on book collecting and on the origins of monumental library buildings. Many of the traditional stories told about ancient libraries are challenged. Few were really enormous, none were designed as research centres, and occasional conflagrations do not explain the loss of most ancient texts. But the central place of libraries in Greco-Roman culture emerges more clearly than ever.
Libraries in the Ancient World
Author: Lionel Casson
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300088094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The unexpected murder in the little Cotswolds town of Colombury has everyone guessing. Before the answers are found more lives are threatened.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300088094
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The unexpected murder in the little Cotswolds town of Colombury has everyone guessing. Before the answers are found more lives are threatened.