Martyn Lyons
Autor(a) de Books: A Living History
About the Author
Martyn Lyons is Professor in the School of History and Philosophy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
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Obras por Martyn Lyons
A history of the book in Australia, 1891-1945 : a national culture in a colonised market (2001) 11 exemplares
Reading Culture & Writing Practices in Nineteenth-Century France (Studies in Book and Print Culture) (2008) 7 exemplares
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Lyons, Martyn
- Nome legal
- Lyons, Martyn Andrew
- Data de nascimento
- 1946-12-10
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- London, England, UK
- Educação
- Oxford University (D.Phil.)
- Ocupações
- historian
- Organizações
- Université de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, Sydney, Australie (Professeur ∙ Histoire ∙ 19 77 ∙ 20 11)
Australian Academy of the Humanities (Fellow ∙ 19 97)
Australian Historical Association (Président ∙ 20 08 ∙ )
Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris (Professeur invité)
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (Professeur invité)
Université d'Alcalá, Henares, Espagne (Professeur invité) (mostrar todos 9)
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niteroi, Brésil (Professeur invité)
Fondation Camargo, Cassis, France (Boursier ∙ 20 10)
Fondation Campagnia di San Paolo-Bogliasco au Centre d'études de la Ligurie à Gêne (Boursier, 20 08) - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Médaille du Centenaire, Australie (Pour services aux sciences humaines dans l'étude de l'histoire, 20 03)
Prix trimestriel de l'histoire européenne du meilleur article (2014)
Prix Fayolle, Académie des Jeux Floraux, Toulouse (1980)
Prix FASS du doyen de la meilleure monographie (2013)
Membros
Discussions
"Books: A Living History" by Martyn Lyons em Books on Books (Janeiro 2013)
Críticas
Una historia de la lectura y de la escritura por Martyn Lyons
142000
Martyn Lyons' handsome coffee-table book is an overview of the development of writing from ancient times to the internet era. The book focuses on the developments in publication technology over the centuries, as well as the social impacts as books moved from being the privilege of the elite to being available to the masses on a global scale.
With such a vast field to cover, Lyons is necessarily somewhat cursory in his treatment of most subjects, and there is not much by way of new information here. However the book is richly illustrated with some quite beautiful reproductions of notable texts and other art works.… (mais)
With such a vast field to cover, Lyons is necessarily somewhat cursory in his treatment of most subjects, and there is not much by way of new information here. However the book is richly illustrated with some quite beautiful reproductions of notable texts and other art works.… (mais)
One of my textbooks this semester, but I’m counting it because I read the whole thing!
Lyons states that the technology of books is substantially different from the 'technology' of digital books. Sounds trite, but readers should more fully understand the implications of digitization; the pros and cons.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 27
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 631
- Popularidade
- #39,929
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 10
- ISBN
- 61
- Línguas
- 6