The Skilled Compositor, 1850-1914: An Aristocrat Among Working Men

by Patrick Duffy

Book Overview

For the first time since its invention over 500 years ago, the print medium is being challenged as the primary means of recording and communicating ideas. Indeed, within the printing industry itself the advent of digital technology has rendered the craft of hand setting metal type obsolete - the days of the skilled compositor are now at an end. Patrick Duffy's work sets out to examine the experiences of the skilled compositor in the period 1850 to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138263397
• ISBN13: 9781138263390
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"