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Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age

by Dennis Duncan

A playful history of the humble index and its outsized effect on our reading lives. Most of us give little thought to the back of the book―it’s just where you go to look things up. But as Dennis Duncan reveals in this delightful and witty history, hiding in plain sight is an unlikely realm of ambition and obsession, sparring and politicking, pleasure and pla

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Publication date

Feb 15, 2022

Format

Print edition

Pages

336

ISBN

9781324002543