Introduction. Beyond metaphor: a personal view of historical networks in the book trade / John Hinks -- Book trade networks and community contexts / John Feather -- Revealing and mapping networks: potential opportunities and pitfalls for book trade history / Steve Conway -- History, histories...

Within just a generation or two of its arrival, print had become a ubiquitous and spirited part of Spain and Portugal's urban cultures. It serviced an ever-expanding reading public, as well as many and varied practical quotidian needs. Its impact on society was multi-dimensional and complex, and...