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Price, Leah.
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Books and reading.
Books and reading -- History.
Books and reading -- Technological innovations.
Books -- History.
Literature and society.
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Price, Leah.
Books and reading.
Books and reading -- History.
Books and reading -- Technological innovations.
Books -- History.
Literature and society.
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What we talk about when we talk about books : the history and future of reading /
Leah
Price
.
by
Price
,
Leah
.
Basic Books, 2019.
Call #:
028 P945w
Subjects
Books and reading.
Books and reading -- History.
Books and reading -- Technological innovations.
Books -- History.
Literature and society.
ISBN:
9780465042685 (hc.)
Alternate title:
History and future of reading
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
214 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-200) and index.
Contents:
Reading over shoulders -- The real life of books -- Reading on the move -- Prescribed reading -- Bound by books.
Summary:
"Do you worry that you've lost patience for anything longer than a tweet? If so, you're not alone. Digital-age pundits warn that as our appetite for books dwindles, so too do the virtues in which printed, bound objects once trained us: the willpower to focus on a sustained argument, the curiosity to look beyond the day's news, the willingness to be alone.The shelves of the world's great libraries, though, tell a more complicated story. Examining the wear and tear on the books that they contain, English professor
Leah
Price
finds scant evidence that a golden age of reading ever existed. From the dawn of mass literacy to the invention of the paperback, most readers already skimmed and multitasked. Print-era doctors even forbade the very same silent absorption now recommended as a cure for electronic addictions.The evidence that books are dying proves even scarcer. In encounters with librarians, booksellers and activists who are reinventing old ways of reading,
Price
offers fresh hope to bibliophiles and literature lovers alike."--From publisher.
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