Data empire the power of information to organize, control, and dominate
(2026)
By:
Risam, Roopika
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
NEW 005.7/RISAM,R
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PUBLISHED
New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2026]
©2026
©2026
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
467 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780063430327, 0063430320, 9780063430327, 0063430320
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Introduction : the counts we keep, c. 65,000 BCE -- The first accountants, c. 9,000-1700 BCE -- Shapers of form, c. 1800-100 BCE -- The architects of action, c. 350 BCE-400 CE -- Arbiters of everything, c. 300-1400 CE -- The world-takers, c. 1324-1701 CE -- Masters of measure, c. 1650-1835 CE -- Subjects of calculation, c. 1760-1907 CE -- Midwives to a machine, c. 1880-1950 CE -- Prophets of prediction, c. 1944-2002 CE -- Sovereigns of code, c. 2001-2026 CE -- Conclusion : the futures in our hands, c. 2026-2126 CE
"A new lens on human history outlining data's powerful role in governance and exploitation"--