The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe

ISBN-13: 9781316602034 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 270 str.

Paul M. Dover

Opis

This provocative history of early modern Europe puts information and information management at the centre of the period's many transformations.

Recenzje

'With this book, Dover unveils a very important aspect of early modern history, making it invaluable to all major libraries. … Essential.' D. L. Tengwall, CHOICE

Spis treści

1. Introduction: worlds of paper; 2. European paper; 3. 'Ink-Stained fingers': the information of commerce and finance; 4. The paper of politics and the politics of paper; 5. Revolutionary print; 6. The book of nature and the books of man; 7. Writing others and the self; 8. Conclusion: information revolutions, past and present.