03432nam 2200697 450 991082555780332120230803201547.00-300-19854-X10.12987/9780300198546(CKB)3710000000056636(EBL)3421329(SSID)ssj0001047638(PQKBManifestationID)12434960(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047638(PQKBWorkID)11159190(PQKB)11770264(StDuBDS)EDZ0000649423(MiAaPQ)EBC3421329(DE-B1597)485962(OCoLC)862745885(DE-B1597)9780300198546(Au-PeEL)EBL3421329(CaPaEBR)ebr10800426(CaONFJC)MIL540780(EXLCZ)99371000000005663620130610h20142014 uy| 0engurnnu---|u||utxtccrThe power of knowledge how information and technology made the modern world /Jeremy BlackNew Haven :Yale University Press,[2014]©20141 online resource (505 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-306-09529-8 0-300-16795-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --BACKGROUND --THE EARLY-MODERN --THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY --THE NINETEENTH CENTURY --TO A CHANGING PRESENT --LOOKING AHEAD --Notes --Index"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"--Provided by publisher.Technology and civilizationHistoryCivilization, WesternHistoryWorld historyTechnological innovationsHistoryEast and WestTechnology and civilizationHistory.Civilization, WesternHistory.World history.Technological innovationsHistory.East and West.303.48/3HIS037000HIS037030LIT007000TEC056000SOC052000bisacshBlack Jeremy1955-144601MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825557803321The power of knowledge3979958UNINA