P. Manning

Big Data in History

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Big Data in History introduces the project to create a world-historical archive, tracing the last four centuries of historical dynamics and change. Chapters address the archive's overall plan, how to interpret the past through a global archive, the missions of gathering records, linking local data into global patterns, and exploring the results.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK / Palgrave Pivot / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-37896-5
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 119
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 146mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 288g
• ISBN-13: 9781137378965
• ISBN-10: 1137378964
• Artikelnr.: 40051850

Autorenporträt

Patrick Manning is Mellon Professor of World History and Director of the World History Center at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. A leader in world-historical scholarship and institution-building, with specialization in Africa and the African diaspora, he now directs an effort to create a world-historical archive.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Challenges of Big Data in History 2. The Need to Know our Global Past 3. CHIA: Its Collaborative Mission, Structure, and Innovation 4. Mission 1: Assembling and Documenting the Data 5. Mission 2: Creating a Comprehensive Historical Archive 6. Mission 3: Analyzing and Visualizing Data Worldwide 7. Comparisons: Big Data across Time and Disciplines 8. Priorities for CHIA: Benefits of CHIA