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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807211803321

Autore

Patterson Graeme H. <1934->

Titolo

History and communications : Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, the interpretation of history / / Graeme H. Patterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1990

©1990

ISBN

1-4426-6480-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Historiography

Information theory in historiography

HISTORY / Historiography

Electronic books.

Canada

Canada Historiography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Harold Innis and the Interpretation of History -- McLuhan and Others on Innis -- Concepts, Models, and Metaphors -- Archetypal Criticism 103 Formal Causality Applied -- Comparisons -- Afterword.

Sommario/riassunto

In his challenge to long-standing views, Patterson offers a new way of understanding the work of two key thinkers, and new ways to think about communications theory, Canadian history, historiography, and history as a discipline.