The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe : volumes I and II /
Eisenstein, Elizabeth L.
The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe : volumes I and II / [print] Elizabeth L. Eisenstein. - 1fourth printing. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2009. - xxi, 794 pages ; 24 cm
Introduction to an elusive transformation. The unacknowledged revolution; Defining the initial shift, some features of print culture. -- Classical and Christian traditions reoriented, Renaissance and Reformation reappraised. A classical revival reoriented: the two phases of the Renaissance; The scriptural tradition recast: resetting the stage for the Reformation. -- The book of nature transformed. Introduction: problems of periodization; Technical literature goes to press: some new trends in scientific writing and research; Resetting the stage for the Copernican revolution; Sponsorship and censorship of scientific publication. -- Conclusion. Scripture and nature transformed.
A full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change.
9780521299558
Printing--Influence.
Renaissance.
Technology and civilization.
Z124.E36.P756 2009 Z124
The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe : volumes I and II / [print] Elizabeth L. Eisenstein. - 1fourth printing. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2009. - xxi, 794 pages ; 24 cm
Introduction to an elusive transformation. The unacknowledged revolution; Defining the initial shift, some features of print culture. -- Classical and Christian traditions reoriented, Renaissance and Reformation reappraised. A classical revival reoriented: the two phases of the Renaissance; The scriptural tradition recast: resetting the stage for the Reformation. -- The book of nature transformed. Introduction: problems of periodization; Technical literature goes to press: some new trends in scientific writing and research; Resetting the stage for the Copernican revolution; Sponsorship and censorship of scientific publication. -- Conclusion. Scripture and nature transformed.
A full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change.
9780521299558
Printing--Influence.
Renaissance.
Technology and civilization.
Z124.E36.P756 2009 Z124