{"product_id":"agent-of-change-print-culture-studies-after-elizabeth-l-eisenstein-paperback","title":"Agent of Change: Print Culture Studies after Elizabeth L. Eisenstein - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSabrina Alcorn Baron\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspiring debate since the early days of its publication, Elizabeth L. Eisenstein's \u003ci\u003eThe Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early-Modern Europe\u003c\/i\u003e (1979) has exercised its own force as an agent of change in the world of scholarship. Its path-breaking agenda has played a central role in shaping the study of print culture and \"book history\"-fields of inquiry that rank among the most exciting and vital areas of scholarly endeavor in recent years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Joining together leading voices in the field of print scholarship, this collection of twenty essays affirms the catalytic properties of Eisenstein's study as a stimulus to further inquiry across geographic, temporal, and disciplinary boundaries. From early modern marginalia to the use of architectural title pages in Renaissance books, from the press in Spanish colonial America to print in the Islamic world, from the role of the printed word in nation-building to changing histories of reading in the electronic age, this book addresses the legacy of Eisenstein's work in print culture studies today as it suggests future directions for the field. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to a conversation with Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, the book includes contributions by Peng Hwa Ang, Margaret Aston, Tony Ballantyne, Vivek Bhandari, Ann Blair, Barbara A. Brannon, Roger Chartier, Kai-wing Chow, James A. Dewar, Robert A. Gross, David Scott Kastan, Harold Love, Paula McDowell, Jane McRae, Jean-Dominique Mellot, Antonio Rodr'guez-Buckingham, Geoffrey Roper, William H. Sherman, Peter Stallybrass, H. Arthur Williamson, and Calhoun Winton.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSabrina Alcorn Baron is a lecturer in history at the University of Maryland, College Park. Eric N. Lindquist is a librarian at the University of Maryland, College Park. Eleanor F. Shevlin is a professor of English at West Chester University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 20, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51801055559968,"sku":"9781558495937","price":66.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/91aaf808b4d894fcd440246e38385eef.webp?v=1780839037","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/agent-of-change-print-culture-studies-after-elizabeth-l-eisenstein-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}