Data Empire
How information shaped human history
$33.01
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
6 July 2026
Summary
The first written name in human history was neither a god nor a king, but an accountant. From clay tablets to the algorithmic state, this groundbreaking 11,000 year global history argues that information has always been the seed of power.
Long before writing existed, at the dawn of civilisation in Mesopotamia, rulers pressed marks into clay to keep track of land, people and grain. To rule, they had to keep count. It is no accident, then, that the first written name in human history wa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911709824 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1911709828 |
| Author: | Roopika Risam |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Torva |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 6 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 700g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 153mm x 40mm |
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About The Author
Roopika Risam
Roopika Risam is Associate Professor of Digital Humanities and Social Engagement at Dartmouth. Her research explores how histories of race, empire, and technology shape the modern world. She is the author of New Digital Worlds- Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy, taught in over 150 universities worldwide, and co-editor of four collections, including Anti-Racist Community Engagement and The Digital Black Atlantic. Risam is past president of the Association for Computers and the Humanities, the U.S. scholarly organization for digital research in the humanities.
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