The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
- ISBN-10
- 0521845432
- ISBN-13
- 9780521845434
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-09-12
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Description
New illustrated and abridged edition surveys the communications revolution of the fifteenth century.
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- 2012-03-29
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- 1993-02-26
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