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The Story of Libraries: From the Invention of Writing to the Computer Age
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Hardcover
from Continuum Intl Pub Group (November 1, 1998)
9780826411143 | details & prices | 246 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $24.95
About: This text describes the role that libraries played in ancient Egypt, Han-dynasty China, the ancient Western Clasical world, the Baghdad of Harun-al-Rashid, and medieval and Renaissance Europe.
About: This text describes the role that libraries played in ancient Egypt, Han-dynasty China, the ancient Western Clasical world, the Baghdad of Harun-al-Rashid, and medieval and Renaissance Europe.
Paperback
2 edition from Bloomsbury USA Academic (December 30, 2009); titled "Story of Libraries: From the Invention of Writing to the Computer Age"
9780826429902 | details & prices | 249 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $34.95
2 reprint edition from Bloomsbury USA Academic (March 1, 2001)
9780826413253 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $34.95
About: This work describes the crucial role libraries played in ancient Egypt, Han-dynasty China, the ancient Western Classical world (the great library of Alexandria, which was lost to us in stages over many years), the Baghdad of Harun-al-Rashid, and medieval and Renaissance Europe.
About: This work describes the crucial role libraries played in ancient Egypt, Han-dynasty China, the ancient Western Classical world (the great library of Alexandria, which was lost to us in stages over many years), the Baghdad of Harun-al-Rashid, and medieval and Renaissance Europe.