A brief account of the history of the culture of the West to 1450
Gutenberg's printing revolution and the cultural revolution of the fifteenth century
The spread of printing and its consequences in the sixteenth century
The cultural triumph of the seventeenth century and the role of print therein.
The Gutenberg revolution : a history of print culture by Richard Abel. ISBN 9781412818575. Published by Transaction Publishers in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.