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Offering a fresh history centred on the reactions and experiences of ordinary readers and writers, Lyons deals with key turning points that occurred throughout the centuries, such as the invention of the codex, the transition from scribal to print culture, the reading revolution and the industrialisation of the book.

A History of Reading and Writing In the Western

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Publication Date: 10/23/2009
      ISBN13: 9780230001626, 978-0230001626
      ISBN10: 0230001629
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      Book Synopsis
      Offering a fresh history centred on the reactions and experiences of ordinary readers and writers, Lyons deals with key turning points that occurred throughout the centuries, such as the invention of the codex, the transition from scribal to print culture, the reading revolution and the industrialisation of the book.

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