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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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New Directions in Book History
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New directions in book history.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
PART I: FROM SCRIPT TO PRINT -- 1. Copying and Circulation in South Africa's Reading Cultures, 1780-1840; Archie L. Dick -- 2. Printing as an Agent of Change in Morocco, 1864-1912; Fawzi Abdulrazak -- 3. Between Manuscripts and Books: Islamic Printing in Ethiopia; Alessandro Gori -- 4. Making Book History in Timbuktu; Shamil Jeppie -- PART II: POLITICS AND PROFIT IN AFRICAN PRINT CULTURES -- 5. Print Culture and Imagining the Union of South Africa; David Johnson -- 6. Creating a Book Empire: Longmans in Africa; Caroline Davis -- 7. From Royalism to E-secessionism: Lozi Histories and Ethnic Politics in Zambia; Jack Hogan and Giacomo Macola -- 8. Between the Cathedral and the Market: A Study of Wits University Press; Elizabeth Le Roux -- PART III: THE MAKING OF AFRICAN LITERATURE -- 9. Francophone African Literary Prizes and the 'Empire of the French Language'; Ruth Bush and Claire Ducournau -- 10. Heinemann's African Writers Series and the Rise of James Ngugi; Nourdin Bejjit -- 11. The Publishing and Digital Dissemination of Creative Writing in Cameroon; Joyce B. Ashuntantang. |
| Summary |
This volume presents new research and critical debates in African book history, and brings together a range of disciplinary perspectives by leading scholars in the subject. It includes case studies from across Africa - from Ethiopia to Cameroon, from Morocco to South Africa - and from third-century manuscript traditions to twenty-first century internet communications. Throughout, it seeks to frame individual case studies in ways that resonate with critical debates in African book history throughout the continent. Studies of the book in Africa to date have been dominated by the histories of how European missionaries, colonial administrators and traders brought the book and literacy to Africa. In contrast, this volume places African book histories in their multiple forms at the centre of study; and the research, questions and debates driving each chapter are derived from African cultural, political and economic contexts. -- Publisher description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Books -- Africa -- History.
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Books. |
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Africa. |
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History. |
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Book industries and trade -- Africa.
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Book industries and trade. |
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Books and reading -- Africa.
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Books and reading. |
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Publishers and publishing -- Africa.
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Publishers and publishing. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Commerce. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- General. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Sales & Selling -- General. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Davis, Caroline, 1964- editor.
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Johnson, David, 1962 May 20- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Book in Africa 9781137401618 (DLC) 2014049564 (OCoLC)892888097 |
| ISBN |
9781137401625 (electronic book) |
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1137401621 (electronic book) |
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9781349486441 |
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1349486442 |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/9781137401625 |
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