The Specter of the Archive: Political Practice and the Information State in Early Modern Britain

by Nicholas Popper

An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics and society.

We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a time when more information is more available than ever before. In The Specter of the Archive, Nicholas Popper shows that earlier eras had to grapple with the same problem--how to deal with too much information at their fingertips.

He reveals that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226825957
• ISBN13: 9780226825953
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages