When Information Came of Age: Technologies of Knowledge in the Age of Reason and Revolution, 1700-1850

by Daniel R. Headrick

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Although the Information Age is often described as a new era, a cultural leap springing directly from the invention of modern computers, it is simply the latest step in a long cultural process. Its conceptual roots stretch back to the profound changes that occurred during the Age of Reason and Revolution. When Information Came of Age argues that the key to the present era lies in understanding the systems developed in the eighteenth and early nineteenth...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0195153731

ISBN13:9780195153736

Release Date:January 2002

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:260 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

Education Education & Reference Education Theory Europe History History & Theory Ireland Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Science & Math Social Sciences Technology World

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