LEADER 00812nam0-22002891i-450- 001 990008124070403321 005 20050607095314.0 010 $a0-226-09191-0 035 $a000812407 035 $aFED01000812407 035 $a(Aleph)000812407FED01 035 $a000812407 100 $a20050607d2004----km-y0itay50------ba 101 0 $aeng 102 $aUS 105 $a--------001yy 200 1 $aHayek's challenge$ean intellectual biography of F.A. Hayek$fBruce Caldwell 210 $aChicago$cThe University Of Chicago Press$d2004 215 $aXI, 489 p.$d22 cm 700 1$aCaldwell,$bBruce J.$0118948 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990008124070403321 952 $aB1-B3.427$b11255$fDECTS 959 $aDECTS 996 $aHayek's challenge$9758453 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03548nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910784621603321 005 20230331005353.0 010 $a0-19-771416-1 010 $a1-280-44134-8 010 $a1-4237-3753-9 010 $a1-60129-857-9 010 $a0-19-507265-0 010 $a0-19-802134-8 024 7 $a2027/heb01336 035 $a(CKB)1000000000396038 035 $a(EBL)241382 035 $a(OCoLC)475956479 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000187930 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11939177 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000187930 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10143889 035 $a(PQKB)11564910 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL241382 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10086870 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL44134 035 $a(dli)HEB01336 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000003865496 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4702469 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC241382 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000396038 100 $a19920211e19911989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aKnowledge is power$b[electronic resource] $ethe diffusion of information in early America, 1700-1865 /$fRichard D. Brown 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1991, c1989 215 $a1 online resource (385 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-504417-7 320 $aIncludes bibliography: p. [303]-361 and index. 327 $aContents; Introduction; 1 Information and Authority in Samuel Sewall's Boston, 1676-1729; 2 William Byrd II and the Challenge of Rusticity Among the Tidewater Gentry; 3 Rural Clergymen and the Communication Networks of 18th-Century New England; 4 Lawyers, Public Office, and Communication Patterns in Provincial Massachusetts: The Early Careers of Robert Treat Paine and John Adams, 1749-1774; 5 Communications and Commerce: Information Diffusion in Northern Ports from the 1760's to the 1790's; 6 Information and Insularity: The Experiences of Yankee Farmers, 1711-1830 327 $a7 Daughters, Wives, Mothers: Domestic Roles and the Mastery of Affective Information, 1765-18658 William Bentley and the Ideal of Universal Information in the Enlightened Republic; 9 Choosing One's Fare: Northern Men in the 1840's; 10 The Dynamics of Contagious Diffusion: The Battles of Lexington and Concord, George Washington's Death, and the Assassination of President Lincoln, 1775-1865; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Index 330 $aBrown here explores America's first communications revolution--the revolution that made printed goods and public oratory widely available and, by means of the steamboat, railroad and telegraph, sharply accelerated the pace at which information traveled. He describes the day-to-day experiences of dozens of men and women, and in the process illuminates the social dimensions of this profound, far-reaching transformation. Brown begins in Massachusetts and Virginia in the early 18th century, when public information was the precious possession of the wealthy, learned, and powerful, who used it to 606 $aCommunication$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$yTo 1783 607 $aUnited States$xCivilization$y1783-1865 615 0$aCommunication$xHistory. 676 $a302.2/0973 700 $aBrown$b Richard D$0120124 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784621603321 996 $aKnowledge is power$92277049 997 $aUNINA