A History of British Publishing
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This comprehensive history (first published in 1987) covers the whole period in which books have been printed in Britain. Though Gutenberg had the edge over Caxton, England quickly established itself in the forefront of the international book trade. The slow process of copying manuscripts gave way to an increasingly sophisticated trade in the printed word which brought original literature, translations, broadsheets and chapbooks and even the Bible within the purview of an increasingly broad slice of society. Powerful political forces continued to control the book trade for centuries before the principle of freedom of opinion was established. In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the competition from pirated USA editions - where there were no copyright laws - provided a powerful threat to the trade. This period also saw the rise of remaindering, cheap literature, and many other 'modern' features of the trade. The author surveys all these developments, bringing his history up to the present age.
List of figuresviiiList of tablesxList of boxesxiIllustration creditsxiiNotes on contributorsxiiiPrefacexvAcknowledgementsxxiiList of terms and measurementsxxivPart 1The Rise of New Urban Approaches01New urbanism(s) ascendant302Getting to (sub)urbanism2903Theory in new urbanism45Part 2New Urbanism(s) in Practice04New urbanism is born: the American experience8105Revamping urbanism: the European experience10506Modernizing urbanism: new urban Asia13107Colonial urbanism: Canada signs on151Part 3The Prospects for New Urbanism(s)08Reconciling new urbanism's theory and practice17509The fate of new urbanism203Notes231Bibliography235Index265
