02783nam 2200649Ia 450 991045887150332120200520144314.00-8166-7049-8(CKB)2670000000013927(EBL)496589(OCoLC)593356367(SSID)ssj0000340819(PQKBManifestationID)11284304(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340819(PQKBWorkID)10387758(PQKB)10606363(MiAaPQ)EBC496589(MdBmJHUP)muse39502(Au-PeEL)EBL496589(CaPaEBR)ebr10375882(CaONFJC)MIL525866(EXLCZ)99267000000001392720090724d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe networked wilderness[electronic resource] communicating in early New England /Matt CohenMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20101 online resource (250 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-6098-0 0-8166-6097-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Native audiences -- Good noise from New England -- Forests of gestures -- Multimedia combat and the Pequot War.In The Networked Wilderness, Matt Cohen examines communications systems in early New England and finds that, surprisingly, struggles over information technology were as important as theology, guns, germs, or steel in shaping the early colonization of North America. Colonists in New England have generally been viewed as immersed in a Protestant culture of piety and alphabetic literacy. At the same time, many scholars have insisted that the culture of the indigenous peoples of the region was a predominantly oral culture. But what if, Cohen posits, we thought about media and technology beyond theCommunicationUnited StatesHistory17th centuryCommunicationNew EnglandHistory17th centuryLiteracyNew EnglandHistory17th centuryBooks and readingNew EnglandHistory17th centuryIndians of North AmericaCommunicationElectronic books.CommunicationHistoryCommunicationHistoryLiteracyHistoryBooks and readingHistoryIndians of North AmericaCommunication.302.209746/09032Cohen Matt1970-956873MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458871503321The networked wilderness2167230UNINA