Documents that changed the way we live / Joseph Janes.

Author
Janes, Joseph [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xv, 273 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

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    Documents are milestones and markers of human activity, part of who and what we are. Our story can be told through the objects, profound and trivial, famous and forgotten, by which we remember and are remembered. Documents That Changed the Way We Live examines dozens of compelling stories that describe these documents; their creation, motivation, influence, importance, historical and social context, provenance; and their connections to contemporary information objects, technologies, and trends.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Gregorian Calendar, 1582/Gutenberg Indulgence, 1454
    • Exaltation of Inanna, c2300 BCE
    • Rosetta Stone, 196 BCE
    • Donation of Constantine, c750
    • Liber Abaci (Arabic numerals), 1202
    • Annals of the world, 1650
    • Philosophical transactions, 1665
    • The Riot Act, 1714
    • Declaration of Independence deleted passage, 1776
    • What is the Third Estate? 1789
    • "The Star-Spangled Banner", 1814
    • Webster's Dictionary, 1828
    • The Book of Mormon, 1830
    • First women's college diploma, 1840
    • John Snow's cholera map, 1854
    • Rules of Association Football (soccer), 1863
    • Alaska Purchase check, 1868
    • Robert's Rules of Order, 1876
    • Alfred Nobel's will, 1895
    • First x-ray, 1895
    • Fannie Farmer Cook Book, 1896
    • The protocols of the elders of Zion, c1900
    • IQ test, 1905
    • Zimmerman Telegram, 1917
    • The Nineteenth Amendment, 1920
    • Statistical significance, 1925
    • Stock Market ticker tape, 1929
    • Richter Scale, 1935
    • Einstein's letter to Roosevelt, 1939
    • FDR and Thanksgiving, 1939
    • "Letters of transit", 1942
    • "We can do it!" poster, 1943
    • Joseph McCarthy's list, 1950
    • Mental disorder diagnosis manual, 1952
    • Airplane "black box," 1958
    • Space Needle "sketch", 1959
    • Obama birth certificate, 1961
    • Zapruder film, 1963
    • Quotations of Chairman Mao, 1965
    • The 18 1/2 minute gap, 1972
    • Internet Protocol, 1981
    • Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982
    • Aids quilt, 1987
    • Nupedia, 2000
    • Palm Beach County "butterfly" ballot, 2000
    • Pope Benedict XVI's resignation, 2013.
    ISBN
    • 9781538100332 ((hardcover : alkaline paper))
    • 1538100339 ((hardcover : alkaline paper))
    • 9781538127308 ((paperback : alkaline paper))
    • 153812730X ((paperback : alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2016059156
    OCLC
    969371360
    Other standard number
    • 40027281231
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