The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain - Couverture souple

Popper, Nicholas

 
9780226825977: The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain
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ISBN 10 : 0226825973 ISBN 13 : 9780226825977
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2024

Synopsis

An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics and society.

We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a time when more information is more available than ever before. In The Specter of the Archive, Nicholas Popper shows that earlier eras had to grapple with the same problem—how to deal with too much information at their fingertips.

He reveals that early modern Britain was a society newly drowning in paper, a light and durable technology whose spread allowed statesmen to record drafts, memoranda, and other ephemera that might otherwise have been lost, and also made it possible for ordinary people to collect political texts. As original paperwork and copies alike flooded the government, information management became the core of politics. Focusing on two of the primary political archives of early modern England, the Tower of London Record Office and the State Paper Office, Popper traces the circulation of their materials through the government and the broader public sphere. In this early media-saturated society, we find the origins of many issues we face today: Who shapes the archive? Can we trust the pictures of the past and the present that it shows us? And, in a more politically urgent vein: Does a huge volume of widely available information (not all of it accurate) risk contributing to polarization and extremism?

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À propos de l?auteur

Nicholas Popper is associate professor of history at William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA, and editor of books at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226825973
ISBN 13 
9780226825977
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
355
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Personne responsable
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9780226825953: The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain

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ISBN 10 :  0226825957 ISBN 13 :  9780226825953
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 2024
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