Eisenstein, Elizabeth L. <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> A full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521299558 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Printing--Influence.<br/>Renaissance.<br/>Technology and civilization.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Z124.E36.P756 2009 Z124