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Digital Modernity : Why We Need to Think Historically about the Digital Age.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Smithies, James.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (220 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.
Summary:
This is the first systematic theorization of digital modernity, arguing that the digital age cannot be understood apart from the long historical arc of modernity.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Endorsements
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
About the author
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Technology and History
1. Digital Modernities
2. Computational Blueprints
3. The Digital Modern
4. The Public Sphere
5. Colonialism and Power
6. Race, Technology, and History
7. Into the Engine Room of History
8. Emergent Infrastructure
9. Industrialized Cognition
Conclusion: The Future of Digital Modernity
Index.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-04-075275-6
1-04-075271-3
1-003-68439-4
OCLC:
1583341250
Publisher Number:
CIPO000340359

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