Empire and CommunicationsRowman & Littlefield, 2007 - 287 Seiten It's been said that without Harold A. Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. Empire and Communications is one of Innis's most important contributions to the debate about how media influenced the development of consciousness and societies. In this foundational work, he traces humanity's movement from the oral tradition of preliterate cultures to the electronic media of recent times. Along the way, he presents his own influential concepts of oral communication, time and space bias, and monopolies of knowledge. With a new introduction by Alexander John Watson, author of Marginal Man: The Dark Vision of Harold Innis, and a new foreword by series editor Andrew Calabrese, this previously hard-to-obtain book is now readily available again. All communication scholars should have this classic book on their shelves, and it also serves as a great supplementary text in communication and economics courses. |
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... tion through efficient control over time in the establishment of monotheism . The task of understanding a culture built on the oral tradi- tion is impossible to students steeped in the written tradition . The outlines of that culture ...
... tion through efficient control over time in the establishment of monotheism . The task of understanding a culture built on the oral tradi- tion is impossible to students steeped in the written tradition . The outlines of that culture ...
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... tion . Rome became dependent on the army , territorial expan- sion , and law at the expense of trade and an international economy . Trade with India increased following the discovery about AD so that the monsoons provided a reliable ...
... tion . Rome became dependent on the army , territorial expan- sion , and law at the expense of trade and an international economy . Trade with India increased following the discovery about AD so that the monsoons provided a reliable ...
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... tion to central and further Asia . Again the monopoly of the Brahmans invited the inroads of Mohammedanism and success accompanied its alphabet and access to supplies of paper . In China Buddhism " found an efficient medium of communica- ...
... tion to central and further Asia . Again the monopoly of the Brahmans invited the inroads of Mohammedanism and success accompanied its alphabet and access to supplies of paper . In China Buddhism " found an efficient medium of communica- ...
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Publishers Note | 9 |
Preface by Harold A Innis | 19 |
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