Big Data in History

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-349-47853-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 119 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Manning, P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.