Empire and CommunicationsDundurn, 01.01.2007 - 288 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 influence the development of consciousness and societies. In this seminal text, 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. |
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... Egypt 3 — Babylonia 4 —The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization 5 — The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire 6 — Parchment and Paper 7 — Paper and the Printing Press Notes Marginalia Suggested Reading Index 11 19 21 32 46 75 106 138 ...
... Egypt 3 — Babylonia 4 —The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization 5 — The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire 6 — Parchment and Paper 7 — Paper and the Printing Press Notes Marginalia Suggested Reading Index 11 19 21 32 46 75 106 138 ...
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... Egypt by Rome gave access to supplies of papyrus, which became the basis of a large administration empire. Materials ... Egyptian and in the Graeco-Roman world, parchment codex in the late Graeco- Roman world and the early Middle Ages ...
... Egypt by Rome gave access to supplies of papyrus, which became the basis of a large administration empire. Materials ... Egyptian and in the Graeco-Roman world, parchment codex in the late Graeco- Roman world and the early Middle Ages ...
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... Egypt and Persia, the Roman empire, and the city-states were essen- tially products of writing.17 Extension of activities in more densely populated regions created the need for written records which in turn supported further extension ...
... Egypt and Persia, the Roman empire, and the city-states were essen- tially products of writing.17 Extension of activities in more densely populated regions created the need for written records which in turn supported further extension ...
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... communication.We shall attempt to suggest the roles of different media with reference to civilizations and to contrast the civilizations. 2 — EGYPT The Nile, with its irregularitiesa of overflow, 31 EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
... communication.We shall attempt to suggest the roles of different media with reference to civilizations and to contrast the civilizations. 2 — EGYPT The Nile, with its irregularitiesa of overflow, 31 EMPIRE AND COMMUNICATIONS.
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... Egypt.The great gods of the fertile delta imposed their authority on the rest of Egypt and their worship coincided with the spread of political influence. Universal gods emerged in certain centres, their influence was extended by ...
... Egypt.The great gods of the fertile delta imposed their authority on the rest of Egypt and their worship coincided with the spread of political influence. Universal gods emerged in certain centres, their influence was extended by ...
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46 | |
The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization | 75 |
The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire | 106 |
Parchment and Paper | 138 |
Paper and the Printing Press | 164 |
Notes | 199 |
Marginalia | 220 |
Suggested Reading | 270 |
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