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03482aam a2200481 i 4500 001 509437642E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240619010048 008 230417t20242024ilua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2023017161 020 $a 0226825973 020 $a 9780226825977 020 $a 0226825957 020 $a 9780226825953 035 $a (OCoLC)1372624879 040 $a ICU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk--- 050 00 $a JN329.P75 $b P67 2024 100 1 $a Popper, Nicholas, $d 1977- $e author. 245 14 $a The specter of the archive : $b political practice and the information state in early modern Britain / $c Nicholas Popper. 246 30 $a Political practice and the information state in early modern Britain 264 1 $a Chicago, IL : $b The University of Chicago Press, $c 2024. 300 $a xi, 343 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Archivization -- Pump and circulation -- Institutions reimagined -- Shared practice and rival visions of the state -- Information warfare -- Centralization and orchestration -- Epilogue: The world of the archive. 520 $a "From the sixteenth century forward, the volume of paper in Britain grew enormously. Cheaper than parchment, it allowed statesmen of the time to record drafts, memoranda, and other ephemera that might have otherwise been lost to a wax tablet. And as the volume of original paperwork ballooned, the number of copies grew still further: secretaries took down version after version of letters, records, policy proposals, and more. There was no longer a singular source of records, but many archives-and the proliferation of paper transformed political dynamics. Access to particular written material became a means to establish authority and solidify networks of power. The broad availability and use of paper amounted to an early modern media revolution. Focusing on two of early modern England's primary political archives, the Tower of London Record Office and the State Paper Office, Nicholas Popper traces the circulation of their materials through government and the broader public sphere. In this early media-saturated society, many of the same issues that we face today arose: who shapes the archive? Can we trust the picture of the past and the present that it shows us? How do we decide what to preserve, what to copy and disseminate, and what to toss? And, in a more politically urgent vein: Does a huge volume of information promote political polarization and extremism?"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a Tower of London Record Office. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b State Paper Office 610 17 $a Great Britain. $b State Paper Office $2 fast 650 0 $a Public records $z Great Britain $x History $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Government paperwork $z Great Britain $x History $x History $y 17th century. 650 0 $a Archives $z Great Britain $x History $y 17th century. 650 6 $a Ecritures administratives $z Grande-Bretagne $x Histoire $x Histoire $y 17e siecle. 650 7 $a Archives $2 fast 650 7 $a Government paperwork $x Management $2 fast 650 7 $a Public records $x Management $2 fast 651 7 $a Great Britain $2 fast 648 7 $a 1600-1699 $2 fast 655 7 $a History $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240619011318.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=509437642E0111EFA856D47D28ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search