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The printing revolution in early modern Europe / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) Z124 .E374 2005
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Library at the Katz Center - Stacks Z124 .E374 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisenstein, Elizabeth L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--Europe--History.
- Printing.
- Europe.
- History.
- Europe--Intellectual life.
- Intellectual life.
- Technology and civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 384 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- 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
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-371) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0521845432
- 0521607744
- OCLC:
- 57641550
- Publisher Number:
- 9780521845434
- 9780521607742
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