History of the Book: From Gutenberg to Google

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Focuses on some of the major themes in the history of the book during the age of the wooden hand press (1460 to ca. 1800): the transition from manuscript to print and the changing physical appearance of books, publishing and the book trade, copyright and censorship, and the history of reading. The final section of the course examines the world of books in the age of Google, comparing the internet revolution of today with the Gutenberg revolution of the early-modern period.