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| | ALA | C&RL, May 2000, Vol. 61, No. 3, Rota book review |
 | | Rota’s recurring theme is in fact “the interplay between economic forces and the history of book production.” Although concentrating on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the era of the industrialization of the printing process, Rota dips back into earlier eras where necessary to make his arguments. |
 | | One difference beyond Rota’s greater attention to economic and social factors is the generally greater level of detail and deeper penetration into the historical background as he describes what militated on the side of change. |
 | | Another difference vis-à-vis his predecessors is that Rota develops his approach thematically rather than chronologically, looking, for example, at “design” and “book bindings” in dedicated chapters, rather than proceeding century by century. |
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