HIST 0140 - THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines European book history in global context, from clay tablets through the age of print. Focusing primarily on the medieval and early modern periods, it considers the history of the book from several perspectives: as a story of technologies, both manual (papermaking, printing) and intellectual (literacy, memory), as a story of artistic and cultural forms, as a story of reading, and as a story of global networks. We will consider issues including forgery; censorship; the role of political, religious, and economic forces in the production of books; the development of trust in the written word; the history of libraries; and the formation of reading communities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Global Issues General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.

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