Scripts, Grooves, and Writing Machines

Author: Lisa Gitelman
Edition: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0804732701

Scripts, Grooves, and Writing Machines: Representing Technology in the Edison Era

This is a richly imaginative study of machines for writing and reading at the end of the nineteenth century in America. Get Scripts, Grooves, and Writing Machines computer books for free.
Its aim is to explore writing and reading as culturally contingent experiences, and at the same time to broaden our view of the relationship between technology and textuality.

At the book's heart is the proposition that technologies of inscription are materialized theories of language. Whether they failed (like Thomas Edison's "electric pen") or succeeded (like typewriters), inscriptive technologies of the late nineteenth century were local, often competitive embodiments of the way people experienced writing and reading. Such a perspective cuts through the determinism of recent accounts while arguing for an i Check Scripts, Grooves, and Writing Machines our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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