The Nature of the Book - Print and Knowledge in the Making

Klappentext List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsA Note on Conventions1: Introduction: The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book 2: Literatory Life: The Culture and Credibility of the Printed Book in Early Modern London 3: "The Advancement of Wholesome Knowledge": The Politics of Print and the Practices of Propriety 4: John Streater and the Knights of the Galaxy: Republicanism! Natural Knowledge! and the Politics of Printing 5: Faust and the Pirates: The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution 6: The Physiology of Reading: Print and the Passions 7: Piracy and Usurpation: Natural Philosophy in the Restoration 8: Histories of the Heavens: John Flamsteed! Isaac Newton! and the Historia Coelestis Britannica 9: Conclusion Bibliography Index Zusammenfassung This analysis of print culture and its many arenas - commercial! intellectual! political and individual - looks at how authors! printers! booksellers and readers competed for power over the printed page.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Johns, Adrian Johns, Adrian (Norton) Johns, Johns Adrian
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.05.2000
• EAN: 9780226401225
• ISBN: 978-0-226-40122-5
• No. of pages: 767
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, History: specific events and topics, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Printing and reprographic technologies, Printing & Reprographic Technology