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Marie Cronqvist

Marie Cronqvist

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Marie Cronqvist

Elizabeth L. Eisenstein (1979) : The Printing Press as an Agent of Change

Författare

  • Marie Cronqvist
  • Kajsa Weber

Redaktör

  • Stina Bengtsson
  • Staffan Ericsson
  • Fredrik Stiernstedt

Summary, in English

The chapter focuses on a foundational text in the fields of media and communication history, book history, and print culture studies: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein’s comprehensive two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, first published in 1979. Apart from outlining Eisenstein’s key perspectives, arguments, and findings, the chapter brings up the historical and scholarly context in which her book was written and the main reasons for its immediate and broad impact on the scholarly community in Europe and North America. The chapter also discusses the reception, the critique and controversies, and the lingering legacy and relevance of Eisenstein’s work along with some of its resonance in the digital age.

Avdelning/ar

  • Media History
  • Historia

Publiceringsår

2024

Språk

Engelska

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Classics in Media Theory

Dokumenttyp

Del av eller Kapitel i bok

Förlag

Routledge

Ämne

  • History
  • Media and Communication Studies

Aktiv

Published