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The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Paperback, New Ed)
Series: New Approaches to European History
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This provocative new history of early modern Europe argues that
changes in the generation, preservation and circulation of
information, chiefly on newly available and affordable paper,
constituted an 'information revolution'. In commerce, finance,
statecraft, scholarly life, science, and communication, early
modern Europeans were compelled to place a new premium on
information management. These developments had a profound and
transformative impact on European life. The huge expansion in paper
records and the accompanying efforts to store, share, organize and
taxonomize them are intertwined with many of the essential
developments in the early modern period, including the rise of the
state, the Print Revolution, the Scientific Revolution, and the
Republic of Letters. Engaging with historical questions across many
fields of human activity, Paul M. Dover interprets the historical
significance of this 'information revolution' for the present day,
and suggests thought-provoking parallels with the informational
challenges of the digital age.
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