The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain

An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics...
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Author: Nicholas Popper
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The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain by Popper, Nicholas

The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain

$116.58

The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain

$116.58
Author: Nicholas Popper
Format: Paperback
Language: English
An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics and society.

We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a time when more information is more available than ever before. In The Specter of the Archive, Nicholas Popper shows that earlier eras had to grapple with the same problem-how to deal with too much information at their fingertips.

He reveals that early modern Britain was a society newly drowning in paper, a light and durable technology whose spread allowed statesmen to record drafts, memoranda, and other ephemera that might otherwise have been lost, and also made it possible for ordinary people to collect political texts. As original paperwork and copies alike flooded the government, information management became the core of politics. Focusing on two of the primary political archives of early modern England, the Tower of London Record Office and the State Paper Office, Popper traces the circulation of their materials through the government and the broader public sphere. In this early media-saturated society, we find the origins of many issues we face today: Who shapes the archive? Can we trust the pictures of the past and the present that it shows us? And, in a more politically urgent vein: Does a huge volume of widely available information (not all of it accurate) risk contributing to polarization and extremism?

Author: Nicholas Popper
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01/04/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9780226825977


Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2024

About the Author
Nicholas Popper is associate professor of history at William & Mary and the author of Walter Ralegh's "History of the World" and the Historical Culture of the Late Renaissance, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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