People of the Book: Five Hundred Years of the Hebrew Book from the Beginning of Printing until the Twentieth Century

Contents: 

Part I. Printing begins 

• The printing press: Gutenberg's invention
• The birth of the book: replacing the maunuscript
• The first fifty years: pioneers 

Part II. Printing develops 

• The sixteenth century: years of growth and establishment
• The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: Amsterdam dominates Europe
• The nineteenth and twentieth centuries: the industrial revolution and Eastern Europe 

Part III. Printing flourishes 

• She'eilos u'teshuvos (Responsa): proliferate with printing
• The Pesach haggadah: "in each and every generation"

Part IV. Printing prevails Persecution and censorship of the Hebrew book: a constant challenge 

• Questions in halachah: new issues arising
• Appendices : Landmarks in Hebrew printing
• Prolific printers
• Principal locations of Hebrew printing
• Sefarim printed during the period of incunabula
• Description of sefarim mentioned in this book
• Authors mentioned in this book