| Description |
viii, 318 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-304) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I : The Gutenberg Parenthesis. The Parenthesis ; Print's presumptions ; Trepidation -- Part II : Inside the parenthesis. What came before ; How to print ; Gutenberg ; After the Bible ; Print spreads ; The troubles ; Creation with print ; The birth of the newspaper ; Print evolves: until 1800 ; Aesthetics of print ; Steam and the mechanization of print ; Electricity and the industrialization of media ; The meaning of it all -- Part III : Leaving the Parenthesis. Conversation vs. content ; Death to the mass ; Creativity and control ; Institutional revolutions -- Afterword: And what of the book? |
| Summary |
"As we begin to leave the Gutenberg age, and into a era dominated by the Internet, we have much to learn from how we transitioned into the age of print and how it changed how we think and communicate."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Printing -- History.
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Printing. |
| Genre |
History.
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| ISBN |
9781501394829 (hardback) |
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1501394827 (hardback) |
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