Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226834894ISBN-10:226834891UPC:9780226834894Book Category:Science, Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCS4DE5RH9
Reading Practice: The Pursuit of Natural Knowledge from Manuscript to Print
Through portraits of readers and their responses to texts, Reading Practice reconstructs the contours of the knowledge economy that shaped medicine and science in early modern England. Reading Practice tells the story of how ordinary people grew comfortable learning from commonplace manuscripts and printed books, such as almanacs, medical recipe collections, and herbals. From the turn of the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226834894ISBN-10:226834891UPC:9780226834894Book Category:Science, Nature, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, EuropeBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:1.0406Product ID:SCS4DE5RH9
Melissa Reynolds is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and a lecturer in the History and Sociology of Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania. This fall, she will join the faculty at Texas Christian University as assistant professor of early modern European history.
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