Handbook of Oral History
Handbook of Oral History

Author: Thomas Lee Charlton

Publisher: Rowman Altamira

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 9780759102293

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In recent decades, oral history has matured into an established field of critical importance to historians and social scientists alike. Handbook of Oral History captures the current state-of-the-art, identifies major strands of intellectual development, and predicts key directions for future growth in theory, research, and application.

The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England
The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England

Author: Adam Smyth

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2023-09-05

Total Pages: 769

ISBN-13: 0192585185

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of the Book in Early Modern England provides a rich, imaginative and also accessible guide to the latest research in one of the most exciting areas of early modern studies. Written by scholars working at the cutting-edge of the subject, from the UK and North America, the volume considers the production, reception, circulation, consumption, destruction, loss, modification, recycling, and conservation of books from different disciplinary perspectives. Each chapter discusses in a lively manner the nature and role of the book in early modern England, as well as offering critical insights on how we talk about the history of the book. On finishing the Handbook, the reader will not only know much more about the early modern book, but will also have a strong sense of how and why the book as an object has been studied, and the scope for the development of the field.