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Information: A Short History
Anja-Silvia Goeing-Paul Duguid-Anthony Grafton-Ann
An essential guide to the ways information has shaped and been shaped by societiesThanks to recent advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information. How did information become so central to our everyday lives? This book traces the global emergence of information practices and technologies across pivotal epochs and regions, providing invaluable historical perspectives on the ways information has shaped and been shaped by societies. Featuring the core articles from the ultimate reference book Information: A Historical Companion, this short history will appeal to anyone seeking to understand our modern mania for an informed existence.
The book: Tells the story of informationâs rise from the premodern era to today, exploring how diverse cultures have created, managed, and shared facts and knowledgeTakes readers from the medieval Islamic world to late imperial East Asia, and from early modern and modern Europe to contemporary North AmericaCovers a broad range of topics, such as networks, bureaucracy, publicity, propaganda, censorship, privacy, intellectual property, digitization, telecommunications, storage and search, and much moreIncludes a new introduction, suggested further readings, and a glossary of key termsBrings together an international team of experts, including Jeremy Adelman, Devin Fitzgerald, John-Paul Ghobrial, Lisa Gitelman, Randolph C. Head, Richard R. John, Elias Muhanna, Thomas S.
Mullaney, Carla Nappi, Craig Robertson, Daniel Rosenberg, Will Slauter, and Heidi Tworek
408 pages, 9 b/w illus.
| Mediji | Grāmatas Paperback Book (Grāmata ar mīksto vāku un līmēto muguru) |
| Izlaists | 2024. gada 10. septembris |
| ISBN13 | 9780691261553 |
| Izdevēji | Princeton University Press |
| Lapas | 424 |
| Izmēri | 158 × 236 × 26 mm · 622 g |
| Valoda | Angļu |
| Redaktors | Blair, Ann |
| Redaktors | Duguid, Paul |
| Redaktors | Goeing, Anja-Silvia |
| Redaktors | Grafton, Anthony T. |
