Main entry:

Mattelart, Armand.

Title & Author:

The invention of communication / Armand Mattelart ; translated by Susan Emanuel.

Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. : University of Minnesota Press, ©1996.

Description:

xvii, 349 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Media studies

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-334) and index.
Introduction: Flow, bond, space, and measure -- Part I: The society of flows. The paths of reason ; The economy of circulation ; The crossroads of evolution -- Part II: Utopias of the universal bond. The cult of the network ; The temple of industry ; The communitarian city -- Part III: Geopolitical space. The hierarchization of the world ; Symbolic propagation ; Strategic thought -- Part IV: The measure of the individual. The portrayal of crowds ; The pace of the human motor ; The market of target groups -- Epilogue: New organic totalities?
Translation of: Invention de la communication.

ISBN:

0816626960 (acid-free paper)
9780816626960 (acid-free paper)
0816626979 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
9780816626977 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Communication History.
Civilization, Modern.
Information Histoire.
Communication
Kommunikation
Communicatie.
Vernieuwing.
Communication -- History
communicatie
communication
geschiedenis
history
beschaving
civilization
Communication Studies (General)
Communicatiestudies (algemeen)

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Media studies.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307621
Call No.: BIB 253092
Status: Available