Empire and Communications
by Innis, Harold A.; Calabrese, Andrew; Watson, Alexander JohnEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-03-06
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary
It's been said that without Harold A. Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. Empire and Communications is one of Innis's most important contributions to the debate about how media influence the development of consciousness and societies. In this foundational work, he traces humanity's movement from the oral tradition of preliterate cultures to the electronic media of recent times. Along the way, he presents his own influential concepts of oral communication, time and space bias, and monopolies of knowledge.
Author Biography
Harold A. Innis served as a dean at the University of Toronto
Table of Contents
| Publisher's Note | p. 9 |
| General Introduction | p. 11 |
| Preface | p. 19 |
| Introduction | p. 21 |
| Egypt | p. 32 |
| Babylonia | p. 46 |
| The Oral Tradition and Greek Civilization | p. 75 |
| The Written Tradition and the Roman Empire | p. 106 |
| Parchment and Paper | p. 138 |
| Paper and the Printing Press | p. 164 |
| Notes | p. 199 |
| Marginalia | p. 220 |
| Suggested Reading | p. 270 |
| Index | p. 274 |
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