ThisprovocativenewhistoryofearlymodernEuropearguesthatchangesinthegeneration,preservationandcirculationofinformation,chieflyonnewlyavailableandaffordablepaper,constitutedan’informationrevolution’.Incommerce,finance,statecraft,scholarlylife,science,andcommunication,earlymodernEuropeanswerecompelledtoplaceanewpremiumoninformationmanagement.ThesedevelopmentshadaprofoundandtransformativeimpactonEuropeanlife.Thehugeexpansioninpaperrecordsandtheaccompanyingeffortstostore,share,organizeandtaxonomizethemareintertwinedwithmanyoftheessentialdevelopmentsintheearlymodernperiod,includingtheriseofthestate,thePrintRevolution,theScientificRevolution,andtheRepublicofLetters.Engagingwithhistoricalquestionsacrossmanyfieldsofhumanactivity,PaulM.Doverinterpretsthehistoricalsignificanceofthis’informationrevolution’forthepresentday,andsuggeststhought-provokingparallelswiththeinformationalchallengesofthedigitalage.
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