How the Printing Press Changed the World

by Avery Elizabeth Hurt

Book Overview

Upon its invention in the mid-1400s, the printing press instantly became a revolutionary device. It introduced literacy to the masses and led Europe out of the Middle Ages. This book explores the press' exciting history, the social and political conditions in place at the time Johannes Gutenberg invented it, and the changes the invention wrought afterward. It traces the evolution of moveable type and information dissemination up to modern electronic...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502641143
• ISBN13: 9781502641144
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8