Printing Revolution Early Modern Europe - Softcover

Eisenstein, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521277353 ISBN 13: 9780521277358

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1984

Synopsis

What difference did printing make? Although the importance of the advent of printing for the Western world has long been recognized, it was Elizabeth Eisenstein in her monumental, two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, who provided the first full-scale treatment of the subject. This illustrated and abridged edition provides a stimulating survey of the communications revolution of the fifteenth century. After summarizing the initial changes, and introducing the establishment of printing shops, it considers how printing effected three major cultural movements: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise of modern science. First Edition Hb (1984) 0-521-25858-8 First Edition Pb (1984) 0-521-27735-3

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'This is a good and important book ... the author's clear and forceful style makes it a pleasure to read.' The New York Review of Books '... the first comprehensive account of the difference made by the introduction and rapid spread of printing and printers' workshops. ... a useful introduction to the kinds of preliminary question which students might be encouraged to ask ...' Katy Hooper, University of Liverpool 'This is a good and important book the author's clear and forceful style makes it a pleasure to read.' The New York Review of Books ' the first comprehensive account of the difference made by the introduction and rapid spread of printing and printers' workshops. a useful introduction to the kinds of preliminary question which students might be encouraged to ask ' Katy Hooper, University of Liverpool ???This is a good and important book ??? the author's clear and forceful style makes it a pleasure to read.??? The New York Review of Books '??? the first comprehensive account of the difference made by the introduction and rapid spread of printing and printers' workshops. ??? a useful introduction to the kinds of preliminary question which students might be encouraged to ask ???' Katy Hooper, University of Liverpool 'This is a good and important book the author's clear and forceful style makes it a pleasure to read.' The New York Review of Books ' the first comprehensive account of the difference made by the introduction and rapid spread of printing and printers' workshops. a useful introduction to the kinds of preliminary question which students might be encouraged to ask ' Katy Hooper, University of Liverpool

Book Description

Although the importance of printing for the Western world has long been recognized, it was Elizabeth Eisenstein, in The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe, who provided the first full-scale treatment of the subject. This edition gives a stimulating survey of the communications revolution of the fifteenth century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0521277353
• ISBN 13: 9780521277358
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336