New illustrated and abridged edition surveys the communications revolution of the fifteenth century.

A full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change, first published in 1980.

Introduction: The Printing Press as an Agent of Power / Helmer Helmers, Nina Lamal and Jamie Cumby -- Part 1: Governing through Print -- Policing in Print: Soci

This provocative new history of early modern Europe argues that changes in the generation, preservation and circulation of information, chiefly on newly availab

This provocative new history of early modern Europe argues that changes in the generation, preservation and circulation of information, chiefly on newly availab