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    The printing revolution in early modern Europe / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein.

    • Title:The printing revolution in early modern Europe / Elizabeth L. Eisenstein.
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    • Author/Creator:Eisenstein, Elizabeth L.
    • Published/Created:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Printing--Europe--History.
      Technology and civilization.
      Europe--Intellectual life.
    • Edition:2nd ed.
    • Description:xix, 384 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-371) and index.
    • ISBN:0521845432
      0521607744 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Pt. I. emergence of print culture in the West
      1. unacknowledged revolution
      2. Defining the initial shift
      3. Some features of print culture
      4. expanding republic of letters
      Pt. II. Interaction with other developments
      5. permanent renaissance : mutation of a classical revival
      6. Western Christendom disrupted : resetting the stage for the Reformation
      7. book of nature transformed : printing and the rise of modern science
      8. Conclusion : scripture and nature transformed
      Afterword : revisiting the printing revolution.
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