Isbn: 9780300180817 - the server: a media history from the present to the baroque (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condizione: F/F/F. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. Edn, 1st. Imp. FNL. HARDBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2018* Publisher: Yale University Press. * Binding and cover condition: Red cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, minor rubs to top rear edge, no other visible faults. No shelf wear. VG+.* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a picture by Heath Robinson. Maroon and black titles to spine and face. Reduced in height but NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing no shelf price. No marks or shelf wear. Now in clear un-attached protective wrapper. VG.* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no marks or other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: A few b/w photo illustrations within text throughout. * Pages: 356 pp. text. c-i pp. notes, bibliography, index & blank pages at rear.* Description: Though classic servants like the butler or the governess have largely vanished, the Internet is filled with servers: web, ftp, mail, and others perform their daily drudgery, going about their business noiselessly and unnoticed. Why then are current day digital drudges called servers? Markus Krajewski explores this question by going from the present back to the Baroque to study historical aspects of service through various perspectives, be it the servants' relationship to architecture or their function in literary or scientific contexts. At the intersection of media studies, cultural history, and literature, this work recounts the gradual transition of agency from human to nonhuman actors to show how the concept of the digital server stems from the classic role of the servant.* A VG copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with MINOR faults to back board and protected dust jacket.*. …

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. 1st Edition. pp XI, 441. 1st printing. An unread book in an as new condition DJ. Translated with an introduction by Ilinca Lurascu.