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In the tenth century, Persian scholars created and transmitted handwritten works, preserving many manuscripts in local mosques. In 1967, staff at Shanghai's Xujiahui Library prevented the Red Guard from breaking in and burning its books. In that same year, African-American library patrons successfully challenged Alabama public libraries for the right to read, urging lawmakers to desegregate library buildings and compelling local officials to issue library cards to everyone, regardless of their race.  \nEach of these examples represents an individual glimpse of what I regard as the history of the book, comprising not just its development as an artifact, but also its history in a particular time and place, influencing and influenced by the social practice of reading, and the social institution of the library. In each of these examples, books become a representation of something else—in the case of the Xujiahui librarians, a counter-revolutionary force to Mao's Zedong's totalitarian regime; in the case of African-American library patrons, a democratic right that should be freely available to all. Books, then, become objects intimately connected with the people who read and collect them.  \nSo, while teaching book history as the story of its development as an artifact is undoubtedly important, placing that history more prominently within the social contexts of reading and libraries seems crucial to one's understanding of book history, since books are both the continuing means of social practices (such as reading), and since they comprise larger social institutions (such as libraries) intrinsic to such practices. In the course of this essay, I will examine how studying the history of the book within these contextual frameworks allows one to gain a greater understanding of the book not only as an artifact, but also as a form of technology that continues to evolve and to influence both the social practice of reading and the social institution of the library. This approach to book history pedagogy also, I believe, reveals the ways in which the book's social histories inform its present status and its importance for the future.  \nForming the basis for my pedagogical approach are two texts that promote a kind of historical interdisciplinarity: Alberto Manguel's A History of Reading (1996), and Jonathan Rose's speech,“From Book History to Book Studies”(2001) . Manguel's book examines the history of reading in various cultures and time periods throughout the world, exploring topics ranging from the development of silent reading, to the history of eyeglasses, to  \nwomen's reading groups in ninth-century Japan and nineteenth-century America. While Manguel's book does not exhaust these topics, it does provide a fairly broad scope of the history behind the act of reading, connecting it with the development of writing and the codex, the history of publishing, and library history.  \nJonathan Rose's article, in which he describes his vision for future book history programs, also advocates an interdisciplinary approach; in his article, he states,“We [as book historians] cannot go it alone. We must think in broader terms; we must reconceive our scholarly work as part of a larger academic project. I propose that we bring together, under one interdisciplinary umbrella, specialists in book history, printing history, the book arts, publishing education, textual studies, reading instruction, librarianship, journalism, and the Internet, and teach all these subjects as an integrated whole.\" While Rose's vision is certainly ideal, it points to the necessity for a greater interconnectedness in the humanistic curriculum—and by extension, closer alliances among teachers in the humanities.  \nArmed with these idea","cbCaiknarSIWDJyJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiknarSIWDJyJ","pdf",30462,"English","# Teaching the Social History of the Book\n## Social contexts of reading and libraries\n## Interdisciplinary foundations and key texts\n## Course design: writing, reading, libraries, and prophecies","[{\"question\":\"Why does the essay emphasize social contexts over artifact-focused book history?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that books are inseparable from the social practices of reading and the institutions of libraries, and that these contexts shape a book’s role across time and place.\"},{\"question\":\"What two works form the basis of the author’s teaching approach?\",\"answer\":\"The approach is grounded in Alberto Manguel’s A History of Reading and Jonathan Rose’s “From Book History to Book Studies,” both advocating historical interdisciplinarity.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the proposed undergraduate course structured?\",\"answer\":\"The course is divided into four sections: Writing, Reading, Libraries, and Prophecies, spanning developments from writing and reading communities to library functions and digital futures.\"}]","The CEA Forum - Summer/Fall 2006 - Teaching the Social History of the Book | PDF",1792085701]