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The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe : volumes I and II / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2009.Edition: 1fourth printingDescription: xxi, 794 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780521299558
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z124.E36.P756 2009
  • Z124
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Contents:
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.
Summary: A full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change.
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Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status) G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION Non-fiction Z124.E374.P756 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001900568

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.

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