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Originally published in 1950, Harold A. Innis’s Empire and Communications is considered to be one of the classic works in media studies, yet its origins have received little attention. Ambitious in its scope, the book spans five millennia, tracing a path of development around the globe from 2900 BCE...
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Innis, Harold A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Empire and Communications / Harold A. Innis; ed. by William J. Buxton. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (288 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Reading Empire and Communications: Above and below the Line -- Notes on the Text -- Empire and Communications, 1972 edition -- Foreword -- Author’s Preface -- Editor’s Note -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Egypt -- 3 Babylonia -- 4 The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization -- 5 The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire -- 6 Parchment and Paper -- 7 Paper and the Printing Press -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Originally published in 1950, Harold A. Innis’s Empire and Communications is considered to be one of the classic works in media studies, yet its origins have received little attention. Ambitious in its scope, the book spans five millennia, tracing a path of development around the globe from 2900 BCE to the twentieth century and revealing the cyclical interplay between communications and power structures across space and time. In this new edition, William J. Buxton pays close attention to handwritten glosses that Innis added to a copy of the original edition and the revisions undertaken by his widow, Mary Q. Innis. A new introduction provides a detailed account of how the book emerged from lectures that Innis delivered at Oxford University in 1948, as well as how it related to other presentations Innis made in Britain during the same period. It explores how Innis sought to enrich his analysis by incorporating material related to phenomena such as war, education, religion, culture, geography, and finance. An insightful foreword by Marshall McLuhan is included, as well as bibliographical references and a revised index. By providing a narrative based on extensive notes from Innis, this edition makes Empire and Communications more accessible and contributes to the broad efforts to shape Innis’s legacy. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Communication History. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. bisacsh Empire and Communication. Graeco-Roman civilization. Harold A. Innis. Marshall McLuhan. Mary Q. Innis. alphabet. communications. media history. media studies. orality. power structures. printing. writing. Buxton, William J., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Buxton, William J., editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt Innis, Harold A., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Innis, Mary Q., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb McLuhan, Marshall, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English 9783110993752 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 9783110993738 ZDB-23-DKU Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 9783110767155 print 9781487500924 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487512088 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781487512088 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781487512088/original |
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