商品簡介
Gift books; advertisements and commemorations; the promotion of knowledge, institutions, and services; commercial and philanthropic lobbying; religious and missionary activity; and both official and underground political propaganda are among the forms the book historians look at. They consider such issues as press finances, government intervention, private and institutional patronage, textual familiarity, and social ritual. The 11 essays were presented at a conference organized by the Cambridge Project for the Book Trust in September 1996. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
