Although the importance of the advent of printing for Western civilisation has long been recognised, it was Professor 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 of Professor Eisenstein's study gives a stimulating survey of the communications revolution of the fifteenth century. It begins with a discussion of the general implications of the introduction of printing, and then explores how the shift from script to print entered into the three major movements of early modern times: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise of modern science.
- ISBN13 9780521447706
- Publish Date 26 February 1993 (first published 24 February 1984)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 12 July 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 314
- Language English