The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early modern Europe /
Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
- Cambridge [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1979
- 2 v. (xxi, 794 p.) ; 24 cm
Bibliography: p. 709-767
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
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