The book : a global history

INTRODUCTION; WRITING SYSTEMS; THE SACRED BOOK; THE ANCIENT BOOK; THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN BYZANTIUM; THE EUROPEAN MEDIEVAL BOOK; THE EUROPEAN PRINTING REVOLUTION; THE BOOK AS SYMBOL; THE TRANSMISSION OF JEWISH KNOWLEDGE THROUGH MSS & PRINTED BOOKS; MISSIONARY PRINTING; PAPER; THE TECHNOLOGIES OF PRINT; THE ECONOMICS OF PRINT; CENSORSHIP; COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; THE MANUSCRIPT AFTER THE COMING OF PRINT; PRINTED EPHEMERA; CHILDREN'S BOOKS; THE HISTORY OF ILLUSTRATION AND ITS TECHNOLOGIES; BOOKBINDING; THEORIES OF TEXT, EDITORIAL THEORY, AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM; THE ELECTRONIC BOOK; BRITAIN, C. 1475-1800; BRITAIN, 1801-1914; BRITAIN FROM 1914; IRELAND; FRANCE; THE LOW COUNTRIES; GERMANY; SWITZERLAND; THE NORDIC COUNTRIES; THE IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MODERN GREECE, C. 1453-2000; AUSTRIA; HUNGARY; CZECH REPUBLIC AND SLOVAKIA; POLAND; THE BALTIC STATES; SLAVONIC BOOK IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE, AND BELARUS; THE BALKANS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; THE MUSLIM WORLD; THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT; CHINA; KOREA; JAPAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA (1): THE ISLANDS; SOUTHEAST ASIA (2): THE MAINLAND; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; LATIN AMERICA; CANADA; AMERICA; WEST INDIES/CARIBBEAN