The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early-modern Europe / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein, Professor of History, University of Michigan
By: Eisenstein, Elizabeth L [author].
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TextSeries: The printing press as an agent of change. Publisher: Cambridge [United Kingdom] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1979Copyright date: ℗♭1979Description: 2 volumes (xxi, 794 pages) ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521220440; 9780521220446; 0521219671; 9780521219679; 0521219698; 9780521219693; 0521220440.Subject(s): Printing -- Influence | Reformation | Renaissance | Technology and civilization | Civilization -- history | Printing -- history | Technology -- history | Europe | EuropeAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Printing press as an agent of change.DDC classification: 686.2 | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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
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