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Author Cave, Roderick, author.

Title The history of the book in 100 books : the complete story, from Egypt to e-book / Roderick Cave & Sara Ayad.

Publication Info. Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2014.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1621301~S1
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  002.09 CAV    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  002.09 CAV    AVAILABLE
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Description 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-278) and index.
Contents In the beginning -- Eastern approaches -- The great classics -- Medieval worlds & the book -- Light from the East -- Wheels of change -- A dangerous invention -- Printing & the enlightenment -- Print & steam -- The book in the turbulent 20th century -- Digitization & the future of the book.
Summary Each of the 100 books in chosen has played a critical role in the development of book in all their forms and with all that they bring: literacy, numeracy, technological progress and the expansion of scientific knowledge, religion, political theory, and more.
Subject Books -- History.
Genre History.
Added Author Ayad, Sara, author.
Added Title History of the book in a hundred books
History of the book in one hundred books
ISBN 9781770854062 (hbk.)
1770854061 (hbk.)
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