A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet
Briggs, Asa, 1921-2005
Books, Manuscripts
This volume explores the history of the different means of communication in the West from the invention of printing to the Internet. It discusses issues from the importance of oral and manuscript communication to the development of electronic media.
Main title:
A social history of the media : from Gutenberg to the Internet / Asa Briggs and Peter Burke.
Author:
Edition:
2nd ed.
Imprint:
Cambridge : Polity, 2005.
Collation:
viii, 304 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 2001.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
07456351210745635113 (hbk)97807456351259780745635118
Dewey class:
302.2'3'09302.23302.2309
Language:
English
BRN:
130807