Breaking the Book: Print Humanities in the Digital Age

by Laura Mandell

Breaking the Book is a manifesto on the cognitive consequences and emotional effects of human interactions with physical books that reveals why the traditional humanities disciplines are resistant to 'digital' humanities. Explores the reasons why the traditional humanities disciplines are resistant to 'digital humanities' Reveals facets of book history, offering it as an example of how different media shape our modes of thinking and feeling Gathers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1118274555
• ISBN13: 9781118274552
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 9.1"