Presenting a variety of methods for teaching book history both as its own subject and as an approach to other material, this volume describes lessons, courses, and programs centered on the latest and best ways of teaching undergraduate and graduate students.

Figures AcknowledgmentsIntroduction Matteo Pangallo and Emily B. ToddPART 1 Conceptualizing the Teaching of Book HistoryChapter 1.1 When and Where Did We Start Teaching Book History? Leslie HowsamChapter 1.2 Why We Teach Book History making it relevant Jonathan RoseChapter 1.3 Teaching a Feminist Book History Kate OzmentChapter 1.4 Teaching Black Book History Beginning Outside the Book Brigitte Fielder and Jonathan SenchyneChapter 1.5 The Book in the World Teaching a Global History of the Book Frederick NestaChapter 1.6 Programmable Type The Craft of printing, the Craft of Code Ryan CordellPART 2 Teaching Book History as a CourseChapter 2.1 Book History in the Making Mark Alan Mattes, Delinda Buie, and Rachel SingelChapter 2.2 Mediating the Student Body Labor Literacy, and Experiential Learning in the Book History Classroom Lisa MarucaChapter 2.3 The Printed Word Endures Studying Book History by Making Books Josef BeeryChapter 2.4 Teaching the History of Illustrated Texts Broadside Ballads as Early Modern Memes Molly HandChapter 2.5 Location, Location, Location Reading Canonical Fiction in Periodical Context Barbara HochmanChapter 2.6 “Race and Publishing in the United States” an Advanced Undergraduate Seminar Allison FaganChapter 2.7 Old Books and New Scholars Undergraduate Mentored Reasearch in the Book History Classroom Jamie HorrocksChapter 2.8 The Book History Master’s Degree a Case Study Tom MoleChapter 2.9 The Librarians of Babel Teaching the History of the Book to Future Professionals Rebecca BaumannChapter 2.10 The Uninhibited Archive Teaching Book History through Public Exhibition Alex Mueller and Cheryl NixonChapter 2.11 Using Periodicals Databases in Book History Pedagogy Christine WoodyChapter 2.12 Book History Online, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the ROM Matt CarterPART 3 Using Book History in Other CoursesChapter 3.1 “Who Made This Book?” Teaching Information Literacy through Book History Jennifer Newman and Julie Van PeteghemChapter 3.2 What Is the Value of a Text? Harry Potter, G. Thomas Tanselle, and Alibris Laura EstillChapter 3.3 “Brit. Lit. I” from Only One Library Joshua EckhardtChapter 3.4 Accessibility and Teaching Book History Clare MullaneyChapter 3.5 The History of the Book in/and the New World George Antony ThomasChapter 3.6 Teaching Indigenous and Multiethnic Literature through Book History Amy GoreChapter 3.7 “Through the Windows of This Book” Teaching Children’s Literature through the History of the Book Sarah WadsworthChapter 3.8 Gesso, Amatl, and Glyphs Using Mesoamerican Codices to Teach about the Material Complexities of (digital) Humanities Projects Nora C. BenedictChapter 3.9 (Un)Making Texts/(Re)Making Books Editing in the Undergraduate Classroom Thomas A. HamillChapter 3.10 Teaching American Women’s Authorship in the American Literature Survey through the History of the Book Melissa J. HomesteadChapter 3.11 Rhetoric of the iPhone A Twenty-First Century Writing Course Caroline B. BartaChapter 3.12 Using Book History in Graduate Book Publishing Programs Rachel Noorda and Claire SquiresChapter 3.13 Toni Morrison’s Lorain Community-based Learning about the History of the Black Book Jewon WooPART 4 Resources for Teaching Book HistoryChapter 4.1 The London Rare Books School Karen AttarChapter 4.2 Meet the (Book) Beetle Teaching with a Table Top Letter Press Matthew Kirschenbaum, Mallory Haselberger, Britt Starr, and Kari KrausChapter 4.3 The Virtual Printing House Exploring Early Modern Book Construction with DIY First Folio Kyle Sebastian VitaleChapter 4.4 Digital Resources for Teaching African American Book History Heidi MorseChapter 4.5 Thinking DEEP-ly The database of Early English Playbooks in the Undergraduate Classroom Sarah Neville and Natalie DaleaChapter 4.6 Teaching with Digital Illustration Resources Michael John GoodmanAfterwordBook Learning Leah PriceContributors Index