Africa
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Special Topics Bibliographies: Africa
In addition to our annual bibliographies, SHARP News will now also publish bibliographies focused on specific regions or on specific areas of study. We welcome any suggestions for future topics!…
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Pamela Spence Richards, Wayne A. Wiegand, and Marija Dalbella, eds. A History of Modern Librarianship: Constructing the Heritage of Western Culture
Pamela Spence Richards, Wayne A. Wiegand, and Marija Dalbella, eds. A History of Modern Librarianship: Constructing the Heritage of Western Culture. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2015. 248p., notes, bibliographies,…
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Isabel Hofmeyr. Gandhi’s Printing Press: Experiments in Slow Reading
Isabel Hofmeyr. Gandhi’s Printing Press: Experiments in Slow Reading. Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2013. 218p, ill. ISBN 9780674072794. US $24.95 (hardback). Can we really ignore a man whose…
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Caroline Davis and David Johnson, eds. The Book in Africa: Critical Debates
Caroline Davis and David Johnson, eds. The Book in Africa: Critical Debates. New Directions in Book History. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, 280p. ISBN 9781137401618. £55.00 (hardback). The Book in Africa: Critical…
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W. A. Kelly and G. Trentacosti, eds. The Book in the Low Countries
W. A. Kelly and G. Trentacosti, eds. The Book in the Low Countries. Edinburgh: Merchiston Publishing, 2015. viii, 182 p., ill. ISBN 9780956613622. Price not available (paperback). The Book in…
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Naomi S. Baron. Words on Screen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World
Naomi S. Baron. Words on Screen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. vi, 304p. ISBN 9780199351765. US $24.95. Book lovers have been worrying…