Book Value Categories and the Acceptance of Technological Changes in English Book Production

Front matter

ree ieee eee zur englischen Literatur

Miinster Monographs on English Literature FF ee

Simon Rosenberg

Contents

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1.4, Book Value Categories. une nn 51 Economic Valle wu. ink steaneiasaneiasionae saves 53 Content Valle... see ana een 54 Symbole Vit sansa a a a a RAN N 56

Conclusion

2; The Gutenberg Agë nu. seele 63 Type Material casi nia A EA 65 Paper... aeg 65 Printing Process u.a E RRE 66 Gütenbergs B42 sicccccccavistsassasseacsaeensstdensasestst est oaresustueaisvsavastvss eeuedieteantansantsd 68

Incunables as Transitional BOOKS woo. ccecsescsscssscescsessssesscsessssssscssssssssasess 72

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2.2.1. Preconditions in England 75 Readers... anne 80

Publishing Categories... anne 8

2.2.2; Willian Caxton ana esse 84

2.2.4. The English.Provinces u: Re 109 Oxford (1478-1519) „sssini 109

3; Ihe Industrial Age un 133 3.1. Context: England During the Industrialization oes 134 3.1.1; Publication... een a 138 AGOTSO EAE 138

Sko RECOPUON ira r e E Gast taasasisinsh A 159 SLA. ‚Distribution una seven aaa 165 Railways ueraia a T E ERE 166

Libraries anaa ep 167

Müdies “Select Library” au. 169

Contents 9

4. The Digital Agë aan 189

PUP ACY sense 211

Reading Devices. u... 0:.0ekense ren 215

CONCERN ana 231

Industrial’ Age: nanaonan E T ne 236

Prognosist 2... oaceae ioeina e ie a a R i 241

List of Mustrations anne sen 249

Bibliography anneninieiieeneannibeia 251