Michael Twyman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4007920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Twyman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Twyman |
| SIGNATURE | TWYMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | China Academy of Printing Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Encyclopedia of Ephemera
The joy of finding an old box in the attic filled with postcards, invitations, theater programs, laundry lists, and pay stubs is discovering the stories hidden within them. The paper trails of our lives -- or ephemera -- may hold sentimental value, reminding us of great grandparents. They chronicle social history. They can be valuable as collectibles or antiques. But the greatest pleasure is that these ordinary documents can reconstruct with unca…
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
This volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identit…
The Long-Term Significance of Printed Ephemera
Since it is unlikely that every RBM reader is a committed ephemerist, I shall begin with a few generalities that, I daresay, will be all too familiar to many. The word "ephemera" is Greek in derivation and stems from the words EPI = through and HEMERA = the day, which is why those with a more thorough classical education than I have had pronounce the word ephemera with a long middle "e." On this particular matter I am firmly with most Americans i…
Printing
The Long-Term Significance of Printed Ephemera
Since it is unlikely that every RBM reader is a committed ephemerist, I shall begin with a few generalities that, I daresay, will be all too familiar to many. The word "ephemera" is Greek in derivation and stems from the words EPI = through and HEMERA = the day, which is why those with a more thorough classical education than I have had pronounce the word ephemera with a long middle "e." On this particular matter I am firmly with most Americans i…
Printing
The Long-Term Significance of Printed Ephemera
Since it is unlikely that every RBM reader is a committed ephemerist, I shall begin with a few generalities that, I daresay, will be all too familiar to many. The word "ephemera" is Greek in derivation and stems from the words EPI = through and HEMERA = the day, which is why those with a more thorough classical education than I have had pronounce the word ephemera with a long middle "e." On this particular matter I am firmly with most Americans i…
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
This volume covers the history of printing and publishing from the lapse of government licensing of printed works in 1695 to the development of publishing as a specialist commercial undertaking and the industrialization of book production around 1830. During this period, literacy rose and the world of print became an integral part of everyday life, a phenomenon that had profound effects on politics and commerce, on literature and cultural identit…
The Encyclopedia of Ephemera
The joy of finding an old box in the attic filled with postcards, invitations, theater programs, laundry lists, and pay stubs is discovering the stories hidden within them. The paper trails of our lives -- or ephemera -- may hold sentimental value, reminding us of great grandparents. They chronicle social history. They can be valuable as collectibles or antiques. But the greatest pleasure is that these ordinary documents can reconstruct with unca…
Computer Science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Ephemera (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · Art history (1 work) · Book industries and trade (1 work) · Broadside (1 work) · Classics (1 work) · Comics and Graphic Narratives (1 work) · Digital Games and Media (1 work)