Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age by Blair, Ann M.

Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age

The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense...
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Author: Ann M. Blair
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Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age by Blair, Ann M.

Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age

$92.39

Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age

$92.39
Author: Ann M. Blair
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of "information overload," yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann M. Blair in this intriguing book, the invention of the printing press and the ensuing abundance of books provoked sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European scholars to register complaints very similar to our own. Blair examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, then focuses particular attention on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe. She explores in detail the sophisticated and sometimes idiosyncratic techniques that scholars and readers developed in an era of new technology and exploding information.

Author: Ann M. Blair
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 09/13/2011
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.21w x 0.99d
ISBN: 9780300165395


Award: PROSE - Honorable Mention

About the Author
Ann M. Blair is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, MA.


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