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The Gutenberg Revolution: A History of Print Culture

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 | #2781948 in Books |  2011-05-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .68 x6.10 x9.52l,.90 | File type: PDF | 200 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| a "must read" for educated people|By Janet W. Bajan|the impact of the printing press on learning has been greatly underestimated. additionally, the history of copying and preserving texts prior to the press, and the impact of scribal culture on learning is much ignored. i have tried to understand how this could be the case: why do western educational systems ignore this inve| ||“[I]t is thrilling to view Western history afresh through the prism of printed books as the engine of knowledge. As we try vainly to predict the social and epistemological consequences of the Internet, Abel’s history not only limns a still-neglect

One of the most puzzling lapses in accounts of the rise of the West following the decline of the Roman Empire is the casual way historians have dealt with Gutenberg's invention of printing. The cultural achievements that followed the fifteenth century, when the West moved from relative backwardness to remarkable, robust cultural achievement, would have been impossible without Gutenberg's gift and its subsequent widespread adoption across most of the world.

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You easily download any file type for your gadget.The Gutenberg Revolution: A History of Print Culture   |  Richard Abel. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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