Books with Histories
David Pearson
Books with Histories
David Pearson
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Women's History is the first reference work of its kind: a comprehensive resource that documents the centrality of women to Africa. Over 125 entries explore African women's lives and contributions across regions and time periods.
This volume spans almost five hundred years of Irish-language book printing, production, publication, distribution, and reception. It begins with the 1567 publication of John Carswell's Gaelic version of the Book of Common Order and follows the story of the printed book (and journalism) in Irish into the twenty-first century.
Domesday is the most famous and important historical record in the nation's archives, the final product of a survey of England commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. Making Domesday offers a fundamental reinterpretation of how and why it was made, exploring its conception, conduction, effectiveness, and impact.
