The emergence of the book was an event of world historical importance, and heralded the dawning of modernity. This title presents the history of that process, combining technological history, sociology and anthropology, with the study of modes of consciousness to root the development of printing in the ideological struggles of Western Europe.
Two distinguished historians examine the impact of the world's most influential information technology.
“It is one of the most exciting scholarly books ever written on printing ... This book is serious work—marvelously rich and stimulating.”—Hugh Trevor-Roper,
Sunday Times“It ranks easily among the most consequential works of recent French scholarship.”—
Times Literary Supplement
