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Author Bernstein, William J.

Title Masters of the word : how media shaped history, from the alphabet to the Internet / William J. Bernstein.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Grove Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2013]
©2013

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  302.23 BERNSTEIN    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  302.2309 BERNSTEIN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  302.23 BERNSTEIN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-395) and index.
Contents Origins -- The ABCs of democracy -- Twelve tables, seven hills, and a few early Christians -- Before Gutenberg -- Punch and counterpunch -- The captive press -- With a machete in one hand and a radio in the other -- The comrades who couldn't broadcast straight -- The argus.
Subject Mass media -- History.
Communication -- History.
Writing -- History.
Social media -- History.
ISBN 9780802121387: $27.50
0802121381
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