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How to do things with books in Victorian Britain
- Title
- How to do things with books in Victorian Britain / Leah Price.
- Author
- Price, Leah.
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-559 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 350 p. : ill.; 24 cm
- Subject
- Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Books > Great Britain > Psychological aspects > History > 19th century
- Books > Social aspects > History > Great Britain > 19th century
- Book industries and trade > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism
- Books and reading in literature
- Books in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-325) and index.
- Contents
- Reader's block -- Anthony Trollope and the repellent book -- David Copperfield and the absorbent book -- It-narrative and the book as agent -- The book as burden : junk mail and religious tracts -- The book as go-between : domestic servants and forced reading -- The book as waste : Henry Mayhew and the fall of paper recycling.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-559
- ISBN
- 9780691114170 (acid-free paper)
- 069111417X (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2011037436
- OCLC
- 755213261
- Author
- Price, Leah.
- Title
- How to do things with books in Victorian Britain / Leah Price.
- Imprint
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-325) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-559