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001402171 1001_ $$aBernstein, William J.,$$eauthor.
001402171 24510 $$aMasters of the word :$$bhow media shaped history, from the alphabet to the Internet /$$cWilliam J. Bernstein.
001402171 250__ $$aFirst edition.
001402171 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bGrove Press,$$c[2013]
001402171 264_4 $$c©2013
001402171 300__ $$a1 online resource (359 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :$$billustrations, maps.
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001402171 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia
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001402171 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [341]-395) and index.
001402171 5050_ $$aOrigins -- The ABCs of democracy -- Twelve tables, seven hills, and a few early Christians -- Before Gutenberg -- Punch and counterpunch -- The captive press -- With a machete in one hand and a radio in the other -- The comrades who couldn't broadcast straight -- The argus.
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001402171 520__ $$aFrom the birth of writing in Mesopotamia to the technologies of today, this work documents the technology of media, a revolutionary tool that allowed rulers to extend their control far and wide, giving rise to the world's first empires. In this book the author chronicles the history of media, starting with the origin of writing thousands of years ago in Mesopotamia. The revolutionary tool gave rise to the world's empires and the birth of drama and democracy. But it is not just new communication technologies that have changed the world, it is access to them. Vernacular bibles gave rise to religious dissent, but it was only when the combination of cheaper paper and Gutenberg's printing press drove down the cost of books by 97 percent that the fuse of Reformation was lit. The Industrial Revolution allowed information to move faster and farther than ever before, though it concentrated power and enabled totalitarian governments. With the twenty-first century boom of the mobile Internet, control of media has again spread, and the world is both more connected and freer than ever before. -- From back cover.
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001402171 650_0 $$aMass media$$xSocial aspects$$xHistory.
001402171 650_0 $$aSocial media$$xHistory.
001402171 650_0 $$aWriting$$xHistory.
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