The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early modern Europe
A full-scale historical treatment of the advent of printing and its importance as an agent of change
Print Book, English, 1980, ©1979
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [England], 1980, ©1979
xxi, 794 pages ; 24 cm
9780521299558, 9781107383562, 9780521219679, 9780521219693, 9780521220446, 0521299551, 1107383560, 0521219671, 0521219698, 0521220440
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pt. 1. Introduction to an elusive transformation. The unacknowledged revolution
Defining the initial shift ; some features of print culture
pt. 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
pt. 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
"Complete in one volume."
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