LEADER 03432nam 2200697 450 001 9910788932203321 005 20230803201547.0 010 $a0-300-19854-X 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300198546 035 $a(CKB)3710000000056636 035 $a(EBL)3421329 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001047638 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12434960 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001047638 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11159190 035 $a(PQKB)11770264 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000649423 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421329 035 $a(DE-B1597)485962 035 $a(OCoLC)862745885 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300198546 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421329 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10800426 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL540780 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000056636 100 $a20130610h20142014 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnnu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe power of knowledge $ehow information and technology made the modern world /$fJeremy Black 210 1$aNew Haven :$cYale University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (505 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-306-09529-8 311 0 $a0-300-16795-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tBACKGROUND --$tTHE EARLY-MODERN --$tTHE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY --$tTHE NINETEENTH CENTURY --$tTO A CHANGING PRESENT --$tLOOKING AHEAD --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $a"Information is power. For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country's ability to acquire knowledge and technical skill and transform them into strength and prosperity. Leading historian Jeremy Black approaches global history from a distinctive perspective, focusing on the relationship between information and society and demonstrating how the understanding and use of information have been the primary factors in the development and character of the modern age. Black suggests that the West's ascension was a direct result of its institutions and social practices for acquiring, employing, and retaining information and the technology that was ultimately produced. His cogent and well-reasoned analysis looks at cartography and the hardware of communication, armaments and sea power, mercantilism and imperialism, science and astronomy, as well as bureaucracy and the management of information, linking the history of technology with the history of global power while providing important indicators for the future of our world"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aTechnology and civilization$xHistory 606 $aCivilization, Western$xHistory 606 $aWorld history 606 $aTechnological innovations$xHistory 606 $aEast and West 615 0$aTechnology and civilization$xHistory. 615 0$aCivilization, Western$xHistory. 615 0$aWorld history. 615 0$aTechnological innovations$xHistory. 615 0$aEast and West. 676 $a303.48/3 686 $aHIS037000$aHIS037030$aLIT007000$aTEC056000$aSOC052000$2bisacsh 700 $aBlack$b Jeremy$f1955-$0144601 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910788932203321 996 $aThe power of knowledge$93686089 997 $aUNINA