The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and cultural transfor- mations in early-modem Europe is advertised as "the first full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change."It was written over an extended period of fifteen years.The author observes that during this time "what seemed relatively simple on first glance became increasingly complex. . .first thoughts had to be replaced by second ones, even third thoughts have had to be revised" (p.xii).The present formulation, she feels, is not necessarily final.She admits to uncertainties regarding publication at this stage, but concludes that "beyond this provisional resting point diminishing returns will set in" (p.xii).The work as a whole is divided into three parts.Volume One contains Parts One and Two; Volume Two is given over to Part Three.Part One considers the general impUcations of the shift from script to print.Part Two deals with the Renaissance
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