| Description |
1 online resource (307 pages) |
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Routledge approaches to history ; 9 |
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Routledge approaches to history ; 9.
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1900-2018 Adriejan van Veen Theme II: Exchange and hegemony The perils of the post road: diplomats, diplomatic couriers, and the informational fabric of early modern Europe Megan K. Williams Communication, information and power in the Dutch colonial empire: The case of the Dutch East India Company, c. 1760 Gerrit Knaap Unifying the country: information-gathering by the Dutch central government in the Batavian-French period (1795-1813) Ronald Sluijter Theme III: Disclosure and control Sailing and secrecy. Information control and power in Dutch overseas companies in the late sixteenth -- early seventeenth century Djoeke van Netten Struggling for the 'right to know' |
| Summary |
The relationship between information and power is a relevant subject for all times. Today's perceived information revolution' has caused information to become a separate object of study during the last two decades for several disciplines. As the contemporary perspective is dominant, information history as a discipline of its own has not yet crystallized. In bringing together studies around a new research agenda on the relationship between information and power across time and space, presenting various governance regimes, media, materials, and modes of communication, this book forces us to rethink the prospects and challenges for such a new discipline |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Ida Nijenhuis is senior researcher at the Department of History at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Marijke van Faassen is senior researcher at the Department of History at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Ronald Sluijter is researcher at the Department of Digital Data Management at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, the Netherlands Joris Gijsenbergh is assistant professor in Political History at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands Wim de Jong is postdoctoral researcher at the Open University, the Netherlands |
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Print version record |
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Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 18, 2020) |
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History -- Philosophy.
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Power (Social sciences)
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HISTORY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.
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History -- Philosophy
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Power (Social sciences)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Nijenhuis, Ida, editor
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Faassen, M. van (Marijke), editor.
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Sluijter, Ronald, 1971- editor.
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Gijsenbergh, Joris, editor.
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Jong, Wim de, 1922- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780429797897 |
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0429797893 |
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9780429438738 |
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0429438737 |
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9780429797880 |
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0429797885 |
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9780429797873 |
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0429797877 |
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