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Data empire : the power of information to organize, control, and dominate / Roopika Risam.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Risam, Roopika, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knowledge, Sociology of--History.
- Knowledge, Sociology of.
- Social epistemology--History.
- Social epistemology.
- Information behavior--History.
- Information behavior.
- Information technology--Social aspects--History.
- Information technology.
- Knowledge management.
- Internet governance.
- Information technology--Social aspects.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 467 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]
- Summary:
- "A new lens on human history outlining data's powerful role in governance and exploitation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : The counts we keep, c. 65,000 BCE
- The first accountants, c. 9,000-1700 BCE
- Shapers of form, c. 1800-100 BCE
- The architects of action, c. 350 BCE-400 CE
- The architects of action, c. 350 BCE-1400 CE
- Arbiters of everything, c. 300-1400 CE
- The world-takers, c. 1324-1701 CE
- Masters of measure, c. 1650-1835 CE
- Subjects of calculation, c. 1760-1907 CE
- Midwives to a machine, c. 1880-1950 CE
- Prophets of prediction, c. 1944-2002 CE
- Sovereigns of code, c. 2001-2026 CE
- Conclusion : The futures in our hands, c. 2026-2126 CE.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [347]-447) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version Risam, Roopika Data empire
- ISBN:
- 9780063430327
- 0063430320
- OCLC:
- 1573662831
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