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The nature of the book: print and knowledge in the making
Adrian Johns
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Frontmatter (page N/A)
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List of Illustrations (page xi)
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Acknowledgments (page xv)
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A Note on Conventions (page xix)
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1 INTRODUCTION: The Book of Nature and the Nature of the Book (page 1)
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2 LITERATORY LIFE: The Culture and Credibility of the Printed Book in Early Modern London (page 58)
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3. "THE ADVANCEMENT OF WHOLESOME KNOWLEDGE": The Politics of Print and the Practices of Popriety (page 187)
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4. JOHN STREATER AND THE KNIGHTS OF THE GALAXY: Republicanism, Natural Knowledge, and the Politics of Printing (page 266)
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5 FAUST AND THE PIRATES: The Cultural Construction of the Printing Revolution (page 324)
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6 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF READING: Print and the Passions (page 380)
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7 PIRACY AND USURPATION: Natural Philosophy in the Restoration (page 444)
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8 HISTORIES OF THE HEAVENS: John Flamsteed, Isaac Newton, and the Historia Coelestis Britannica (page 543)
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9 CONCLUSION (page 622)
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Bibliography (page 641)
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Index (page 709)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AHR | 104.5 (Dec. 1999): 1751-1752 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199912%29104%3A5%3C1751%3ATNOTBP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R |
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Published: 1998
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- 9780226401218 (hardcover)
- 9780226401232 (ebook)
- 9780226401225 (paper)