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Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age

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Description for Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age paperback. Examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, focusing on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe. Num Pages: 416 pages, 31 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: GLC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.

The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of “information overload,” yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann M. Blair in this intriguing book, the invention of the printing press and the ensuing abundance of books provoked sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European scholars to register complaints very similar to our own. Blair examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, then focuses particular attention on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300165395
SKU
9780300165395
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About Ann M. Blair
Ann M. Blair is Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Harvard University. She lives in Cambridge, MA.

Reviews for Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age
"Fascinating. . . . If you like to know things, even in a world in which there is already too much to know, Blair's book is a mini-library in itself."—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
Michael Dirda
The Washington Post
"There has always been 'too much to know.' In this lively and learned book, Ann Blair shows us ... Read more

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