Information Revolutions in the History of the West. . . a well-researched and well-written book, with some nice anecdotal detail and a crisp turn of phrase. The contextual detail of events is excellent. Toni Weller, Library and Information History In this tour de force, Leonard Dudley makes a persuasive |
Contents
| 1 | |
PART I The contractual revolution | 19 |
1 Words and the man | 21 |
2 The ring of cities | 45 |
PART II The consensual revolution | 73 |
3 The counterattack of the clones | 75 |
4 King lords and commons | 101 |
PART III The preemptive revolution | 131 |
PART IV The prescriptive revolution | 189 |
7 The circulation war | 191 |
8 The selffulfilling prophecy | 220 |
PART V Another contractual revolution | 255 |
9 The decentralization of desire | 257 |
Conclusion | 294 |
Epilogue | 312 |
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