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Architects of memory : information and rhetoric in a networked archival age /

"In Architects of Memory: Information and Rhetoric in a Networked Archival Age, Nathan R. Johnson charts turning points where concepts of memory became durable in new computational technologies and modern memory infrastructures took hold. He works through both familiar and esoteric memory techn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Nathan R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2020]
Colección:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"In Architects of Memory: Information and Rhetoric in a Networked Archival Age, Nathan R. Johnson charts turning points where concepts of memory became durable in new computational technologies and modern memory infrastructures took hold. He works through both familiar and esoteric memory technologies-from the card catalog to the book cart to Zatocoding and keyword indexing-as he delineates histories of librarianship and information science and provides a working vocabulary for understanding rhetoric's role in contemporary memory practices. Probes the development of information management after World War II and its consequences for public memory and human agency"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiii, 205 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817392963
0817392963