The printing revolution in early modern Europe / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Eisenstein, Elizabeth L., author.

Contributor:

Cox, Jonathan, narrator.

Series:

Canto classics.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Printing--Europe--History.

Printing.

Technology and civilization.

Europe--Intellectual life.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (11 hr., 25 min.))

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Old Saybrook : Tantor Media, 2021.

[Old Saybrook, Connecticut] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2021.

System Details:

audio file

Summary:

In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century printing revolution in the West in her monumental two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change. This abridged edition, after summarising the initial changes introduced by the establishment of printing shops, goes on to discuss how printing challenged traditional institutions and affected three major cultural movements: the Renaissance, the Reformation, and the rise of modern science. Also included is a later essay which aims to demonstrate that the cumulative processes created by printing are likely to persist despite the recent development of new communications technologies.

Participant:

Narrator: Jonathan Cox.

Notes:

Abridged.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9798350833850

OCLC:

1371333513