A history of reading / (Record no. 2517230)
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| fixed length control field | 01953pam a2200217 a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20230523020016.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 040223s2003 enka b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781789140682 |
| Qualifying information | pbk. |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER | |
| System control number | JGU |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Fischer, Steven Roger. |
| Relator term | author |
| 9 (RLIN) | 552171 |
| 245 12 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | A history of reading / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Steven Roger Fischer. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Reaktion, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2019. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Tracing the complete story of reading from the age when symbol first became sign through to the electronic texts of the present day, Steven Roger Fischer's fascinating A History of Reading offers a sweeping view across time and geography of our evolving relationship with text. Turning to ancient forms of reading, Fischer takes us to Asia and the Americas and discusses the forms and developments of completely divergent writing systems and scripts. With the Middle Ages in Europe and the Middle East, innovative reinventions of reading emerged--silent and liturgical reading; the custom of lectors; a focus on reading in general education--whereupon printing transformed society's entire attitude toward reading. Fischer charts the explosion of the book trade, its increased audience, and radically changed subject-matter in this era. He also describes the emergence of broadsheets, newspapers, and public readings and traces the effect of new font designs on general legibility, and much more. Finally, Fischer assesses a future in which read communication will likely exceed oral communication through the use of the personal computer and the internet. Looking at "visual language" and modern theories of how reading is processed in the human brain, he asks how the New Reader can reshape reading's fate--suggesting a radical new definition of what reading could be."-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Books and reading |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 61901 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Books |
| General subdivision | History. |
| 9 (RLIN) | 170353 |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Koha item type | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Barcode | Total Checkouts | Date last seen | Date checked out |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General Books | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | OPJGU Sonepat- Campus | Main Library | 418.409 FI-H | 146137 | 2 | 10/09/2024 | 13/08/2024 |