The Information Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107147539)

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.

Author: Paul M. Dover
ISBN-10: 1107147530
ISBN-13: 9781107147539
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/14/2021
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 8.00w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2022