02747nam 2200649Ia 450 991082940020332120200520144314.00-8166-7049-8(CKB)2670000000013927(EBL)496589(OCoLC)593356367(SSID)ssj0000340819(PQKBManifestationID)11284304(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000340819(PQKBWorkID)10387758(PQKB)10606363(MdBmJHUP)muse39502(Au-PeEL)EBL496589(CaPaEBR)ebr10375882(CaONFJC)MIL525866(MiAaPQ)EBC496589(EXLCZ)99267000000001392720090724d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe networked wilderness communicating in early New England /Matt Cohen1st ed.Minneapolis 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 AmericaCommunicationCommunicationHistoryCommunicationHistoryLiteracyHistoryBooks and readingHistoryIndians of North AmericaCommunication.302.209746/09032Cohen Matt1970-1683343MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829400203321The networked wilderness4054017UNINA