The Networked Wilderness: Communicating in Early New England

by Matt Cohen and Matt Cohen

In The Networked Wilderness, Matt Cohen examines communications systems in early New England and finds that, surprisingly, struggles over information technology were as important as theology, guns, germs, or steel in shaping the early colonization of North America. Colonists in New England have generally been viewed as immersed in a Protestant culture of piety and alphabetic literacy. At the same time, many scholars have insisted that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816660980
• ISBN13: 9780816660988
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 8.7"