How Long to Read Bibliography and the Book Trades

How Long Does it Take to Read Bibliography and the Book Trades?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 12 minutes to read Bibliography and the Book Trades by Hugh Amory

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Description

Hugh Amory (1930-2001) was at once the most rigorous and the most methodologically sophisticated historian of the book in early America. Gathered here are his essays, articles, and lectures on the subject, two of them printed for the first time. An introduction by David D. Hall sets this work in context and indicates its significance; Hall has also provided headnotes for each of the essays. Amory used his training as a bibliographer to reexamine every major question about printing, bookmaking, and reading in early New England. Who owned Bibles, and in what formats? Did the colonial book trade consist of books imported from Europe or of local production? Can we go behind the iconic status of the Bay Psalm Book to recover its actual history? Was Michael Wigglesworth's Day of Doom really a bestseller? And why did an Indian gravesite contain a scrap of Psalm 98 in a medicine bundle buried with a young Pequot girl? In answering these and other questions, Amory writes broadly about the social and economic history of printing, bookselling and book ownership. At the heart of his work is a determination to connect the materialities of printed books with the workings of the book trades and, in turn, with how printed books were put to use. This is a collection of great methodological importance for anyone interested in literature and history who wants to make those same connections.

How long is Bibliography and the Book Trades?

Bibliography and the Book Trades by Hugh Amory is 187 pages long, and a total of 48,059 words.

This makes it 63% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Bibliography and the Book Trades Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Bibliography and the Book Trades aloud.

What Reading Level is Bibliography and the Book Trades?

Bibliography and the Book Trades is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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