The power of knowledge : how information and technology made the modern world /: how information and technology made the modern world. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeremy Black.
• Authors: Black, Jeremy, 1955-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 492 pages)
• Subjects: 303.48/3; 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; Technology and civilization -- History; Civilization, Western -- History; World history; Technological innovations -- History; East and West; History; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780300198546
• Related ISBNs: 030019854X; 9780300167955; 0300167954
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.