The power of knowledge : how information and technology made the modern world /

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"Information is power. For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country's ability to acquire knowledge and technical skill and transform them into strength and prosperity. Leading historian Jeremy Black approaches global history from a dis...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Black, Jeremy, 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Technology and civilization > History.
Civilization, Western > History.
World history.
Technological innovations > History.
East and West.
Technologie et civilisation > Histoire.
Civilisation occidentale > Histoire.
Histoire universelle.
Innovations > Histoire.
HISTORY > World.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Civilization, Western
East and West
Technological innovations
Technology and civilization
World history
History
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Global Perspective
  • THE EARLY PERSPECTIVE. 3. The West and the Oceans
  • 4. Renaissance, Reformation and Scientific Revolution
  • 5. Government and Information
  • THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 6. The West in the World
  • 7. Enlightenment and Information
  • 8. Enlightenment States?
  • THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 9. Information and the New World Order
  • 10. The Utilitarian View
  • 11. The Bureaucratic Information State
  • TO A CHANGING PRESENT. 12. Information and the World Question
  • 13. Information Is All
  • 14 A Scrutinised Society
  • LOOKING AHEAD. 15. Into the Future
  • 16. Conclusions.

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