Too much to know
managing scholarly information before the modern age
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Word Count
99,250 words, Guess
Page Count
397 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24422423M
- ISBN-139780300112511
- OCLC Control Number601347978
- Library of Congress Control Number2010024663
Classifications
- DDC039.71094
- LCCZ1035.8.L38 B58 2010
- LCCZ1035.8
Description
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 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. The author 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 early modern Europe. She explores in detail the sophisticated and sometimes idiosyncratic techniques that scholars and readers developed in an era of new technology and exploding information.
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