Promiscuous knowledge : information, image, and other truth games in history / Kenneth Cmiel and John Durham Peters.

"Histories of communication are still relatively rare birds, but this one is distinctive on several grounds. The two authors are/were undisputed giants in the field. Ken Cmiel, the originator of the book, still unfinished when he suddenly died in 2006, was a cultural historian of communication; his...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cmiel, Kenneth (Author)
Peters, John Durham (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Knowledge, Sociology of.
Communication and culture.
Communication > Philosophy.
Physical Description:xvi, 328 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Warning Horatio
  • Victorian Culture and the Diffusion of Learning
  • The Culture of Happy Summary, 1920-45
  • The Age of the World Picture, 1925-45
  • Delirious Images, 1975-2000
  • Promiscuous Knowledge, 1975-2000
  • Postscript: The Promiscuous Knowledge of Ken Cmiel.