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050	1	4	_aCB478 _b.B54 2014eb
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100	1		_aBlack, Jeremy, _d1955-
245	1	4	_aThe power of knowledge : _bhow information and technology made the modern world / _cJeremy Black.
264		1	_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c[2014]
264		4	_c©2014
300			_a1 online resource (505 pages)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Information is power. For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country's ability to acquire knowledge and technical skill and transform them into strength and prosperity. Leading historian Jeremy Black approaches global history from a distinctive perspective, focusing on the relationship between information and society and demonstrating how the understanding and use of information have been the primary factors in the development and character of the modern age. Black suggests that the West's ascension was a direct result of its institutions and social practices for acquiring, employing, and retaining information and the technology that was ultimately produced. His cogent and well-reasoned analysis looks at cartography and the hardware of communication, armaments and sea power, mercantilism and imperialism, science and astronomy, as well as bureaucracy and the management of information, linking the history of technology with the history of global power while providing important indicators for the future of our world"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aTechnology and civilization _xHistory.
650		0	_aCivilization, Western _xHistory.
650		0	_aWorld history.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xHistory.
650		0	_aEast and West.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBlack, Jeremy. _tPower of knowledge : how information and technology made the modern world. _dNew Haven : Yale University Press, [2014] _hxii, 492 pages _z9780300167955 _w(DLC) 2013021869
797	2		_aebrary.
856	4	0	_uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10800426 _zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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