Information ages : literacy, numeracy, and the computer revolution /
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Baltimore, Md. ; London :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
c1998.
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Table of Contents:
- 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.