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5. The Clay Tablet Book in Sumer, Assyria, and Babylonia 6. The Papyrus Roll in Egypt, Greece, and Rome 7. China 8. Japan, Korea, and Vietnam 9. South Asia 10. Latin America 11. The Hebraic Book 12. The Islamic Book 13. The Triumph of the Codex: The Manuscript Book before 1100 14. Parchment and Paper: Manuscript Culture 1100–1500 15. The Gutenberg Revolutions 16. The Book Trade Comes of Age: The Sixteenth Century 17. The British Book Market 1600–1800 18. Print and Public in Europe 1600–1800 19. North America and Transatlantic Book Culture to 1800 20. The Industrialization of the Book 1800–1970 21. From Few and Expensive to Many and Cheap: The British Book Market 1800–1890 22. A Continent of Texts: Europe 1800–1890 23. Building a National Literature: The United States 1800–1890 24. The Globalization of the Book 1800–1970 25. Modernity and Print I: Britain 1890–1970 26. Modernity and Print II: Europe 1890–1970 27. Modernity and Print III: The United States 1890–1970 28. Books and Bits: Texts and Technology 1970–2000 29. The Global Market 1970–2000: Producers 30. The Global Market 1970–2000: Consumers ... log in or subscribe to read full text