Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/KK1MKuN Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age By: Ann M. Blair Publisher: Yale University Press Print ISBN: 9780300112511, 0300112513 eText ISBN: 9780300168495, 0300168497 Format: EPUB Available from $ 32.00 USD SKU 9780300168495 The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of “information overload,” yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann M. Blair in this intriguing book, the invention of the printing press and the ensuing abundance of books provoked sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European scholars to register complaints very similar to our own. Blair examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Europe as well as the Islamic world and China, then focuses particular attention on the organization, composition, and reception of Latin reference books in print in early modern Europe. She explores in detail the sophisticated and sometimes idiosyncratic techniques that scholars and readers developed in an era of new technology and exploding information. Additional ISBNs 9780300165395, 0300165390
