TY - BOOK AU - Eisenstein,Elizabeth L. TI - The printing press as an agent of change: communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe SN - 0521220440 AV - Z124 .E37 U1 - 686.2 PY - 1979/// CY - Cambridge [United Kingdom], New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Printing KW - Influence KW - Reformation KW - Renaissance KW - Technology and civilization KW - Civilization KW - history KW - Technology KW - Europe N1 - Includes bibliographical references and general index; Includes bibliographical references (pages 709-767) and index; part 1. Introduction to an elusive transformation. The unacknowledged revolution -- Defining the initial shift ; some features of print culture -- part 2. 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 -- part 3. 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 ER -