Elizabeth L. Eisenstein (1923–2016)
Author of The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
About the Author
Elizabeth L. Eisenstein was born Elizabeth Ann Lewisohn on October 11, 1923 in Manhattan, New York. She received a bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1944 and master's and doctoral degrees in history from Harvard University. She taught at American University in Washington before joining the show more faculty at the University of Michigan, where she taught until her retirement in 1988. She wrote several books during her lifetime including The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Communications and Cultural Transformations in Early Modern Europe, The First Professional Revolutionist, Grub Street Abroad: Aspects of the French Cosmopolitan Press From the Age of Louis XIV to the French Revolution, and Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending. She died on January 31, 2016 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Divine Art, Infernal Machine: The Reception of Printing in the West from First Impressions to the Sense of an Ending… (2011) 43 copies
Grub Street abroad : aspects of the French cosmopolitan press from the age of Louis XIV to the French Revolution (1992) 7 copies
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Volume II: Communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe (1979) 5 copies
Print, Power, and People in Seventeenth Century France.: An article from: Renaissance Quarterly 3 copies
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change: Volume I : Communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe (1979) 3 copies
Associated Works
Books and society in history : papers of the Association of College and Research Libraries rare books and manuscripts… (1983) — Contributor — 11 copies
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- Other names
- Eisenstein, Elizabeth Lewisohn
Eisenstein, Betty
Eisenstein, Elizabeth Ann Lewisohn - Birthdate
- 1923-10-11
- Date of death
- 2016-02-01
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Country (for map)
- Etats-Unis
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Education
- Vassar College (AB|1946)
Radcliffe College (MA|History)
Radcliffe College (PhD|History|1953) - Occupations
- historian of movable type
university professor - Relationships
- Lewisohn, Adolph (grandfather)
Lewisohn, Sam A. (father) - Organizations
- University of Michigan
Center for the Book - Awards and honors
- American Historical Association Award for Scholarly Distinction
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- Works
- 13
- Also by
- 1
- Members
- 1,137
- Popularity
- #22,580
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 39
- Languages
- 5