Empire and Communications /

Empire and Communications / / Harold A. Innis; ed. by William J. Buxton.

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
VerfasserIn:
Innis, Harold A.,
MitwirkendeR:
Buxton, William J.,
Innis, Harold A.,
Innis, Mary Q.,
McLuhan, Marshall,
HerausgeberIn:
Buxton, William J.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2022]
©2022
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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