Examines the commonplace documents of everyday life--receipts, letters, memos, and books--to reveal what they say about our society, culture, values, and way of life.
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Levy (the Information School, University of Washington) examines documents of all kinds from the perspectives of culture, history, and technology in order to show how they work and what they say about society's values. He shares his excitement about the many new kinds of documents that are emerging, and demonstrates how today's technologies, particularly the personal computer and the Web, are shaping how we use documents and the forms these documents take. The author has a Ph.D. in computer science and a diploma in calligraphy and bookbinding. He was a researcher at Xerox for 15 years. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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