# The Case for Books: Past, Present and Future

Robert Darton makes "The Case for Books" with an in-depth examination of the book from its earliest beginnings to its shifting role today in popular culture, commerce and the academy.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2010
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: Education, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688542/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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