print email comment close Texts in Context URL: http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/texts/context.html Description: "Texts in Context is a rich and unusual collection of over 400 British Library texts. ... These 'everyday' texts illustrate the many histories -- social, cultural, economic, political, technical -- within which language is used and produced. [It includes] a whole range of characters: cooks, clerks, publishers, tradesmen, lexicographers, sea captains, smugglers and quack doctors, to name a few." Find introductory essays and book excerpts. (Audio not available.) From the British Library. Publisher: The British Library Board LII Database Information: Record 26413 created by Maria Brandt on 06/28/2008 Last modification on 07/29/2009 Published: 07/29/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26413