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The archived web : doing history in the digital age / Niels Brügger.
The archived web : doing history in the digital age Niels Br�ugger.

Van Pelt Library ZA4197 .B78 2018
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Brügger, Niels, 1959- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Web archives--Social aspects.
Web archives.
World Wide Web--History.
World Wide Web.
History.
Social aspects.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
x, 185 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]
Summary:
"How will the history of the present be written? As life continues to move online, the web becomes ever more important for an understanding of the past. This book offers an original theoretical framework for approaching the web of the past, both as a source and as an object of study in its own right"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Doing web history in the digital age
The digital and the web
Five analytical web strata
Cases of web history
Archiving the web
The web of the past : where to find what?
The web of the past as a historical source
Scholarly use of the archived web
Towards a source criticism of the archived web
On the edge of the web
Conclusion : the future of web history.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780262039024
0262039028
OCLC:
1029806051
Publisher Number:
40028643300
99978707606

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