The networked wilderness : communicating in early New England / Matt Cohen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Matt, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communication--United States--History--17th century.

Communication.

Communication--New England--History--17th century.

Literacy--New England--History--17th century.

Literacy.

Books and reading--New England--History--17th century.

Books and reading.

Indians of North America--Communication.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Networked Wilderness, Matt Cohen examines communications systems in early New England and finds that, surprisingly, struggles over information technology were as important as theology, guns, germs, or steel in shaping the early colonization of North America. Colonists in New England have generally been viewed as immersed in a Protestant culture of piety and alphabetic literacy. At the same time, many scholars have insisted that the culture of the indigenous peoples of the region was a predominantly oral culture. But what if, Cohen posits, we thought about media and technology beyond the

Contents:

Native audiences

Good noise from New England

Forests of gestures

Multimedia combat and the Pequot War.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-7049-8

OCLC:

593356367