From the Book - First edition.
Introduction / James Raven
The ancient world / Eleanor Robson
Byzantium / Barbara Crostini
Medieval and early modern East Asia / Cynthia Brokaw
Medieval Western Europe / David Rundle
Renaissance and reformation / James Raven and Goran Proot
Managing information / Ann Blair
The Islamic world / Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom
Enlightenment and revolution / Jeffrey Freedman
Industrialization / Marie-Françoise Cachin
Modern China, Japan, and Korea / Christopher A. Reed and M. William Steele
Globalization / Eva Hemmungs Wirtén
Books transformed / Jeffrey T. Schnapp.
