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The Politics of Publishing in South Africa
London; Scotsville: Holger Ehling Publishing; University of Natal Press (2006), 300 pp.
"This is a major study on publishing in South Africa, providing an in-depth analysis of the book industry, reviewing its social and historical context, and examining its role as a strategic industry in South Africa's future development. With contributions by some of the country's leading book profes
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Manuscript and Print in the Islamic Tradition
Berlin, Boston: Walter de Gruyter (2022), viii, 374 pp.
"This volume explores and calls into question certain commonly held assumptions about writing and technological advancement in the Islamic tradition. In particular, it challenges the idea that mechanical print naturally and inevitably displaces handwritten texts as well as the notion that the so-cal
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Materiality of Religious Books: A Brief Sketch of Sometimes Disregarded Aspects of Book Culture
Journal for Religion, Film and Media (JRFM), volume 7, issue 1 (2021), pp. 13-32
"Engagement with Christian manuscripts – Eastern and Western – and with ancient and rare printed books makes evident a growing interest in material and codicological aspects of our book heritage. In other words, it evinces an emerging curiosity about the non-textual realities of books – at lea
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Lectores, editores y cultura impresa en Colombia, siglos XVI-XXI
Bogotá: Editorial Utadeo; Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) (2018), 496 pp.
"Las contribuciones reunidas en este volumen buscan dar un paso en el esfuerzo por exami-nar las condiciones y problemas que han rodeado y rodean la producción, circulación y usos del libro en un país poco conocedor de su historia libresca y editorial. Los textos reconstruyen diversos momentos en
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Mercado editorial brasileiro
São Paulo: Escola de Comunicações e Artes (ECA) Universidade de São Paulo (2018), 61 pp.
"Tendo como pressuposto inicial a afirmação de que o ato de compra de um livro indica uma demanda cultural por parte do comprador ou do potencial leitor, e assumindo a correlata afirmação de que os títulos mais difundidos em determinada sociedade em dada época podem indicar suas dominantes cul
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Reclams Sachlexikon des Buches
Stuttgart: Reclam, 3., vollst. überarb. und aktual. Aufl. (2015), 475 pp.
"Dieses Sachlexikon bietet nun bereits in dritter, gründlich überarbeiteter und ergänzter Auflage Grundlagenwissen rund um das Medium Buch: von der Handschrift über das gedruckte Buch bis zum E-Book. Auch andere Schriftmedien wie das Flugblatt, die Zeitung oder die Zeitschrift sind berücksichti
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A History of the Book in 100 Books
London: British Library (2014), 288 pp.
Ten Books That Shaped the British Empire: Creating an Imperial Commons
Durham; London: Duke University Press (2014), ix, 283 pp.
"Combining insights from imperial studies and transnational book history, this provocative collection opens new vistas on both fields through ten accessible essays, each devoted to a single book. Contributors revisit well-known works associated with the British empire, including Charlotte Brontë's
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The Book: A Global History
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), xx, 748 pp.
"A concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 brand new chapters in one affordable volume. The 54 chapters introduce readers to the fascinating world of book history. Including 21 thematic studies on topics such
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Missionary Printing
In: The Book: A Global History
Michael F. Suarez, H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), pp. 107-115
"As Europeans began to travel to all corners of the earth beginning in the 15th century, they were determined not only to conquer new lands but also to spread their faith. From Johann Gutenberg they had learned the power of the printed word, and were determined to use this revolutionary new technolo
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The Sacred Book
In: The Book: A Global History
Michael F. Suarez, H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), pp. 19-38
The History of the Book in the Muslim World
In: The Book: A Global History
Michael F. Suarez, H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.)
Oxford: Oxford University Press (2013), pp. 524-552
Book History in the African World: The State of the Discipline
Book History, volume 15 (2012), pp. 248-300
"There is a key and oft-repeated assumption that the book is not indigenous to Africa, and has a relatively short history here.1 Thus, to tell the story of the book in Africa, some would start with the coming of the first printing presses, brought to missions, colonies, and trading posts around the
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The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa
Leiden; Boston: Brill (2011), xii, 422 pp.
"As the manuscript treasures in the libraries of Timbuktu and throughout the northwestern quarter of Africa become known, many questions are raised. How did a manuscript culture flourish in the Sahara and in Muslim Africa more generally? Under what conditions did African intellectuals thrive, and ho
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The Historic "Core Curriculum" and the Book Market in Islamic West Africa
In: The Trans-Saharan Book Trade
Bruce S. Hall, Charles C. Stewart (eds.)
Brill (2011), pp. 109-174
"Much work has been done to map out the contours of Islamic intellectual production in West Africa before the twentieth century. However, we still do not understand very well the process by which ideas and texts circulated in the region. Lists of specific books imported by West Africans during the n
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Arabic Books
In: Arab Media: Globalization and Emerging Media Industries
Noha Mellor, Muhammad Ayish, Nabil Dajani, Khalil Rinnawi (eds.)
Cambridge; Maldon, Mass.: Polity Press (2011), pp. 29-44
Una especie de industria fabril: Libros
In: Valor y símbolo: dos siglos de industrias culturales en la Argentina
Natalia Calcagno, Gabriel D. Lerman (dir.)
[Buenos Aires]: Secretaría de Cultura Presidencia de la Nación; Sistema de Información Cultural de la Argentina (SInCA) (2010), pp. 46-71
Politics and Book Publishing in the Pacific Islands
Wollongong: Doctoral Thesis University of Wollongong (2008), xii, 407 pp.
"This dissertation discusses interactions between politics and book publishing by missions and colonial governments in areas of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia over approximately 200 years [...] From its inception, book publishing in the Pacific Islands has been a significant instrument of ideo
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The History of the Book in French-Speaking Africa: Where the Research Stands at Present
English in Africa, volume 35, issue 1 (2008), pp. 89-96
"The author believes that, in many respects, the history of the book remains ‘terra incognita’, despite the work that has been done in the field, and here presents a brief survey of the research that has been conducted on this topic in Germany, France and Tunisia, and the literature that is avai
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Dicionário do livro: Da escrita ao livro electrónico
Coimbra: Almedina (2008), 1285 pp.
