{"product_id":"empire-and-communications-paperback-2","title":"Empire and Communications - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHarold A. Innis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Calabrese\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eAlexander John Watson\u003c\/b\u003e (Other)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's been said that without Harold A. Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. \u003ci\u003eEmpire and Communications\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Innis's most important contributions to the debate about how media influence the development of consciousness and societies. In this foundational work, he traces humanity's movement from the oral tradition of preliterate cultures to the electronic media of recent times. Along the way, he presents his own influential concepts of oral communication, time and space bias, and monopolies of knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarold A. Innis was a distinguished political economist who was one of the first to study the history of communication; he also served as a dean at the University of Toronto. In addition to Empire and Communications, his other influential communication works include The Bias of Communication and Changing Concepts of Time. Innis died in Toronto in 1952.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.43 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42737474994239,"sku":"9780742555082","price":69.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/129b518509b9476129c7ce142b47f788.webp?v=1765150108","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/empire-and-communications-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}