The power of knowledge : (Record no. 32732)
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| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
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| LC control number | 2013021869 |
| ISBN | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780300208672 |
| ISBN | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780300167955 |
| ISBN | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0300167954 |
| DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Call number | 303.483 BL PO |
| MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR | |
| Authors | Black, Jeremy, |
| Dates | 1955- |
| TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The power of knowledge : |
| Subtitle | how information and technology made the modern world |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Jeremy Black |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New Haven : |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, |
| Date | c2014. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 492 p. : |
| Size | 24 cm. |
| SUMMARY | |
| Summary | "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"-- |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Technology and civilization |
| General | History |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Civilization, Western |
| General | History |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | World history |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | Technological innovations |
| General | History |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Heading | East and West |
| ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://uowd.box.com/s/hr2kmthkd4epqcao1tdrww6n0qpur9lb">https://uowd.box.com/s/hr2kmthkd4epqcao1tdrww6n0qpur9lb</a> |
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| Date last seen | Full call number | Barcode | Price effective from | Koha item type | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Withdrawn status | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition |
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| 31/10/2017 | 303.483 BL PO | T0058116 | 31/10/2017 | REGULAR | Dewey Decimal Classification | University of Wollongong in Dubai | University of Wollongong in Dubai | Main Collection | 17/01/2018 | MERIC |