A Brief History of Printing. Part II: The Economic History of Printing

"A Brief History of Printing. Part II: The Economic History of Printing" by Frederick W. Hamilton is a historical exploration of the printing business from the 1400s to 1789. It checks out how governments controlled printing, what it was like for workers, and how printing changed old trade groups. The book kicks off by looking closely at how the printing world made money back then. Printers often had to deal with government rules and changing business, without the help of guilds. Hamilton explains how young people learned the job and discusses the lives of different kinds of workers. Printing was more than just a business, it helped change how people thought and led to big changes in society; the book prepares to examine the rules, work situations, and the changes that brought printing into modern times.