Elizabeth Eisenstein Series
October 11, 1923 – January 31, 2016
Elizabeth Lewisohn Eisenstein was an American historian who focused on the French Revolution and early 19th century France. She is most renowned for her groundbreaking work on the history of early printing. Eisenstein explored the pivotal transition from manuscript culture to print culture, detailing how the printing press fundamentally reshaped Western civilization. Her scholarship illuminated the profound cultural transformations brought about by the advent of mass printing.



