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The Book History Reader.(Book Review)

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| September 22, 2005 | Fyfe, Aileen | COPYRIGHT 2003 University of Texas at Austin (University of Texas Press). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Book History Reader. Edited by David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery. New York: Routledge, 2002. x, 390 pp. $90.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper). ISBN 0-415-22657-0; 0-415-22658-9.

This anthology will be very welcome to those who teach book history courses. Since the key articles of this relatively new field are scattered throughout the learned journals of several disciplines and found in a variety of edited volumes and monographs, the existence of this volume will make the lives of both students and teachers immensely easier. Sadly, Adams's and Barker's response to Darnton's "communications circuit" is not included (it was unavailable for reprinting), but all the other obvious…

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