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

In a brief historic moment, printing presses, publishing ventures, a periodical press, circulation networks, and a mass readership came into being all at once i

It will be an ideal text for students in history, media and cultural studies and journalism, but it will also appeal to a wide general readership.

In this book Mario Carpo discusses the communications media used by Western architects, from classical antiquity to modern classicism, showing how each medium r

Fifteen contributors examine the interpretative value of ideas of revolution for explaining historical development within their own speciality. They assess the