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How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain
How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain
Author: Leah Price
How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why did law courts forbid witnesses to kiss the Bible? What made Victorian cartoonists mock commuters who hid behind the newspaper, ladies who matched the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691114170
ISBN-10: 069111417X
Publication Date: 4/22/2012
Pages: 328
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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