Birth of Modern Facts
How the Information Revolution Transformed Academic Research, Governments, and Businesses
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 19 February 2026
- ISBN 9798216449218
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages462 pages
- Size 228x148x26 mm
- Weight 660 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 19 b/w illustrations; 14 tables; 2 textboxes; 697
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Long description:
For over twenty years, James W. Cortada has pioneered research into how information shapes society. In this book he tells the story of how information evolved since the mid-nineteenth century. Cortada argues that information increased in quantity, became more specialized by discipline (e.g., mathematics, science, political science), and more organized. Information increased in volume due to a series of innovations, such as the electrification of communications and the development of computers, but also due to the organization of facts and knowledge by discipline, making it easier to manage and access. He looks at what major disciplines have done to shape the nature of modern information, devoting chapters to the most obvious ones. Cortada argues that understanding how some features of information evolved is useful for those who work in subjects that deal with their very construct and application, such as computer scientists and those exploring social media and, most recently, history. The Birth of Modern Facts builds on Cortada's prior books examining how information became a central feature of modern society, most notably as a sequel to All the Facts: A History of Information in the United States since 1870 (OUP, 2016) and Building Blocks of Society: History, Information Ecosystems, and Infrastructures (R&L, 2021).
MoreTable of Contents:
Preface
1.How Librarians, Scholars, and the New Professions Defined Modern Information
2.Second Industrial Revolution Encounters Information
3.How Librarians Organized Information
4.Early Encounters by Computer Builders
5.Mathematicians and Statisticians Create New Tools
6.Scientists and Medical Experts Shape Information
7.New Business and Government Information Ecosystems
8.What Information Economists Created
9.Contributions of Political Scientists and Historians to Modern Information
10.How Information Evolved
Endnotes
Bibliographic Essay
Index
