Johannes Gutenberg: Inventor of the Printing Press (Signature Lives: Renaissance Era)

A biography profiling the life of Johannes Gutenberg, a man from the Renaissance era who is best known for developing the printing press along with the printing of a bible. Includes source notes and timeline. Analysis of urban sociology, urban area economic structures and the urban spatial environment in the USA, including some urban planning implications - discusses theoretical aspects of urban development, the concept of urban land utilization, income distribution, income redistribution, urbanization, urban social structures, etc., and considers the prospects for socialism and for radical social change. Bibliography pp. 315 to 325 Facing defeat Growing up in Mainz Johannes in exile Man of mystery Gutenberg's invention Success at last! The Gutenberg Bible The final years Imprint on history. Profiles the man who was reponsible for inventing the printing press that printed the Gutenberg Bible, page by page Johannes Gutenberg, a man of the Renaissance, developed a printing press and transformed the world of books