Printing Press Agent Tapa dura - 1979

Hardcover 2 volume set in black boards with green decoration and gilt lettering on spine. No DJ. Tight binding Unmarked text. Ex-Library with usual markings grade this book acceptable. History Printing Press 010821. This two-volume, 750-page exploration of the effects of movable type printing on the literate elite of post-Gutenberg Western Europe focuses on the printing press's functions of dissemination, standardization, and preservation and the way these functions aided the progress of the Protestant Reformation, the Renaissance, and the Scientific Revolution. Eisenstein brings historical method, rigor, and clarity to earlier ideas of Marshall McLuhan and others about the general social effects of such media transitions. This work provoked debate in the academic community from the moment it was published and is still inspiring conversation and new research today. It also has influenced later thinking about the subsequent development of digital media and Eisenstein's work on the transition from… Leer más

UsedGood. 1979 2 volume hardcover set. Annotated/underlined text. Noticeable lower/upper bind wear & dj tears/sun fading. Inscribed stamped flyleaf pages.