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100	1		_aBlack, Jeremy, _d1955- _911196
245	1	4	_aThe power of knowledge : _bhow information and technology made the modern world _cJeremy Black
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _cc2014.
300			_axii, 492 p. : _c24 cm.
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"--
650		0	_aTechnology and civilization _xHistory _915315
650		0	_aCivilization, Western _xHistory _915316
650		0	_aWorld history _911199
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xHistory _915317
650		0	_aEast and West _96701
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