Print Areas: Book History in India

This book is a pioneering attempt to write a history of the book industry of India. It brigns together the work of leading contemporary academics in relation to the book in India. Essayists look at some major publishing houses; the first edition of a book of nonsense verse; Benares as a centre of publishing; the role of print in shaping Maharashtras politics; and the cultural impact of popular books in Bengal.