This provocative new history of early modern Europe explores the 'information revolution' over the period 1450-1700, when changes in the generation, preservation and circulation of information, especially through the use of paper, had a transformative impact on political, social, cultural and economic life.
This provocative new history of early modern Europe explores the 'information revolution' over the period 1450-1700, when changes in the generation, preservation and circulation of information, especially through the use of paper, had a transformative impact on political, social, cultural and economic life.
Paul M. Dover is Professor of History at Kennesaw State University. He has published widely in the political, diplomatic and cultural history of late medieval and early modern Europe, and in the history of information. He is the author of the Changing Face of the Past (2013) and the editor of Secretaries and Statecraft in the Early Modern World (2016).
Inhaltsangabe
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.
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.
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