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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Adrian Johns, Johns Adrian, Adrian Johns, Adrian (Norton) Johns
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 05.05.2000
• Categoria: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura
• EAN: 9780226401225
• ISBN: 978-0-226-40122-5
• Numero di pagine: 767
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 16 x 23.6 x 4 cm
• Categorie: Faust, Literature, History, Media, Politics, History: specific events & topics, Authorship, Authority, HISTORY / General, books, Science, Copyright, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Nonfiction, knowledge, Restoration, Isaac Newton, Censorship, Dissemination, Intellectual Property, Credibility, Publishing, History: specific events and topics, Information Technology, Printing, Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Printing and reprographic technologies, Republicanism, Printing & Reprographic Technology, natural philosophy, Print Culture, piracy, propriety, bookmaking, historia coelestis britannica, Flamsteed, john streater