The Power of Knowledge

How Information and Technology Made the Modern World

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Books & Reading, Nonfiction, History, World History, Modern
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Author: Jeremy Black ISBN: 9780300198546
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: January 28, 2014
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author: Jeremy Black
ISBN: 9780300198546
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: January 28, 2014
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
Information is power. For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country’s ability to acquire knowledge and technical skill and transform them into strength and prosperity. Leading historian Jeremy Black approaches global history from a distinctive perspective, focusing on the relationship between information and society and demonstrating how the understanding and use of information have been the primary factors in the development and character of the modern age.
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Information is power. For more than five hundred years the success or failure of nations has been determined by a country’s ability to acquire knowledge and technical skill and transform them into strength and prosperity. Leading historian Jeremy Black approaches global history from a distinctive perspective, focusing on the relationship between information and society and demonstrating how the understanding and use of information have been the primary factors in the development and character of the modern age.

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