Portable magic : a history of books and their readers / Emma Smith.
Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine), author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2022
Z4.Z9 S63 2022
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Title Portable magic : a history of books and their readers / Emma Smith.
Author Smith, Emma (Emma Josephine), author.
ISBN 9781524749101
1524749109
9781524749095
1524749095
9780593081839
0593081838
Published New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022.
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource ( unpaged)
Call Number Z4.Z9 S63 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification 002.09
Note "Originally published in by Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Random House UK., in London in 2022."
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 13, 2022).
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Introduction: Magic books
Beginnings: East, West and Gutenberg
Queen Victoria in the trenches
Christmas, gift books and abolition
Shelfies: Anne, Marilyn and Madame de Pompadour
Silent Spring and the making of a classic
The Titanic and book traffic
Religions of the book
10 May 1933: burning books
Library books, camp, and malicious damage
Censored books: '237 goddams, 58 bastards, 31 Chrissakes, and 1 fart'
Mein Kampf : freedom to publish?
Talismanic books
Skin in the game: book-binding and African-American poetry
Choose Your Own Adventure: readers' work
The empire writes back
What is a book?
Epilogue: Books and transformation.

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