Information ages : literacy, numeracy, and the computer revolution /

Main Author: Hobart, Michael E., 1944-
Other Authors: Schiffman, Zachary Sayre
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. ; London : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1998.
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100 1 |a Hobart, Michael E.,  |d 1944- 
245 1 |a Information ages :  |b literacy, numeracy, and the computer revolution /  |c Michael E. Hobart and Zachary S. Schiffman. 
260 1 |a Baltimore, Md. ;  |b Johns Hopkins University Press,  |c c1998.  |a London : 
300 1 |a xiii, 301 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 1 |a Introduction: Information Present and Past -- Pt. I. The Classical Ageof Literacy. 1. Orality and the Problem of Memory. 2. Early Literacyand List Making. 3. Alphabetic Literacy and the Science of Classification -- Pt. II. The Modern Age of Numeracy. 4. Printing and the Rupture of Classification. 5. Numeracy, Analysis, and the Reintegration of Knowledge. 6. The Analytical World Map -- Pt. III. The Contemporary Age of Computers. 7. Analysis Uprooted. 8. The Realm of Pure Technique. 9. Information Play -- Conclusion: The Two Cultures andthe Arrow of Time. 
650 1 |a Computers and civilization 
700 1 |a Schiffman, Zachary Sayre 
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