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Autore |
Johns Adrian |
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Titolo |
The nature of the book : print and knowledge in the making / / Adrian Johns |
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Chicago, Ill. : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1282089870 |
9786612089879 |
0226401235 |
9781282089877 |
6612089873 |
9780226401232 |
0226401219 |
9780226401218 |
0226401227 |
9780226401225 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (778 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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686.09 |
686.2/094 |
686.2094 |
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Soggetti |
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Printing - Social aspects - Europe - History |
Printing - Social aspects - England - History |
Books - Europe - History |
Books - England - History |
Transmission of texts |
Science - Europe - History |
Science - England - History |
Science publishing - Europe - History |
Science publishing - England - History |
Europe Intellectual life |
England Intellectual life |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 641-707) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: the book of nature and the nature of the book – Literatory life: the culture and credibility of the printed book in early modern London – “The advancement of wholeshome knowledge”: the politics of print and the practices of propriety – John Streater and the knights of the galaxy: Republicanism, natural knowledge, and the politics of printing – Faust and the pirartes: the cultural construction of the printing revolution – The physiology of reading: print and the passions – Piracy and usurpation: natural philosophy in the restoration – Histories of the heavens: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"In The Nature of the Book, a tour de force of cultural history, Adrian Johns constructs an entirely original and vivid picture of print culture and its many arenas—commercial, intellectual, political, and individual." -- Publisher's description. |
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