Eisenstein, Serge MBiblio.com
Eisenstein, Elizabeth L [author]Biblio.com
The printing press as an agent of change : communications and cultural transformations in early modern Europe volumes I and II / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein complete in 2 volumes
1979réf. 444369Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes xxi 794 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references pages 709-767 and index. Contents; Vol. I -- 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 -- Vol. II -- 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. Subjects; 15th -17th centuries. Printing Influence. Reformation. Renaissance. Technology and civilization. Civilization history. Printing history. Technology history. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press hardcover
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