Analysis Of Robert Darnton’s Book History Study

Academia in Europe and the United States, Robert Darnton, is regarded as the field of publishinghistory Marshall McLuhan. Representatives and the leader of the research areas of the history of Westernbooks. In my thesis I will introduce new ideas and new research perspective in the book history study ofDarnton, and launched a more in-depth exposition. Through discussion and analysis of the writings andpapers of Robert Darnton, to understand Robert Darnton published History of Thought，and make asummary of useful theory and experience.Darnton understanding is different from the concept of traditional publishing Publishing.He believesthat the publication process, the book is not just a text medium, but showing a sense of the multifaceted.Books "Contact with an extremely wide range of human activities, is a kind of a force able to influence theprocess of human society. The study of book history, Darnton focus on the period of the EnlightenmentBooks Publishing Communication, his research interests far beyond that period is insignificant outside bigwith his theory forward on the underground literature of the18th century and selling banned books,"minorworks" are also included, these books are often mistakenly believe that does not make sense. See, bytoday’s standards, they may not have any value, but on the prevailing social point of view is not necessarilythe case. Darnton’s view, these books in a way than famous masterpiece more detailed performance of theface of a past era, and affect the community thought was more profound.In fact, whether it is a masterpiece of masters or at the time shady underground publications wereDarnton study the history of18th-century books, Darnton has always been committed on exploring the collision between the books and social, cultural, and provide opportunities and inspiration for us to observethe modern publishing industry.Darnton agrees interdisciplinary approach to history books, he has been in this study, he emphasizedthe cultural history, social history, the history of ideas, the mentality of history and other disciplines toprovide a multi-dimensional book history researchers and a comprehensive understanding of the history ofbook publishing opportunities. But to help him build a common mode in order to avoid the publication ofresearch into the interdisciplinary confusion, and a better grasp on the whole book history, book publishingprocess analysis and social communications.Darnton emphasis on reading in the publishing process, Darnton towards reiterated this call byreading the history of the first steps in his review article: read the research on the history and background,as fromthe extended history books stressed part of the sociological factors. Darnton called for further studyof history, as reflected by the readers, the printed matter to be examined on the background of everyday life:we need to view the file, his readers described reading experience with the books they read reading therecords to be compared, and in the case of possible, compared with their behavior.Study of book history, Darnton propose ideas, predictive picture of what will be the future of thepublishing industry. Around us, the information explosion is so violent, the dazzling speed of developmentof the information technology, that we have to face such a basic question: living in the new picture of thedigitized book publishing how to locate? Darnton recommended he answers the law, understand the waythe history of the dissemination of information to understand the history of the book. Himself in addition tothe history books, but also the current book publishing to do some useful attempt.