{"product_id":"geographys-quantitative-revolutions-elvin-wyly-9781949199086","title":"Geography's Quantitative Revolutions: Edward A. Ackerman and the Cold War Origins of Big Data","description":"\"This book traces the recent history of geography, information, and technology through the biography of Edward A. Ackerman, an important but forgotten figure in geography's 'quantitative revolution.' It argues that Ackerman's work helped encode the hidden logics of a distorted philosophical heritage -- a dangerous, cybernetic form of thought known as militant neo-Kantianism -- into the network architectures of today's pervasive worlds of surveillance capitalism\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elvin Wyly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949199088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949199086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e West Virginia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2020","brand":"Elvin Wyly","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43940354261247,"sku":"9781949199086","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_522dc792-d6b2-4c6b-b2f5-b43decd1cb0c.jpg?v=1681446713","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/geographys-quantitative-revolutions-elvin-wyly-9781949199086","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}