A Social History of Books and Libraries from Cuneiform to Bytes - Hardcover

by Patrick M. Valentine (Author)

A Social History of Books and Libraries from Cuneiform to Bytes traces the roles of books and libraries throughout recorded history and explores their social and cultural importance within differing societies and changing times. It presents the history of books from clay tablets to e-books and the history of libraries, whether built of bricks or bytes.

Author Biography

Patrick M. Valentine is assistant professor of library science at East Carolina University. Valentine is the author of The Rise of a Southern Town: Wilson, North Carolina, 1849-1920 (2002) and The Episcopalians of Wilson County, 1856-1995 (1996).