Big Data in History [electronic resource] /
Manning, P.author.
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.
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""Cover""; ""Half-Title ""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""1 Challenges of BigData in History""; ""2 The Need to Knowour Global Past""; ""3 CHIA: Its CollaborativeMission, Structure,and Innovation""; ""4 Mission 1: Assembling andDocumenting the Data""; ""5 Mission 2: Creating aComprehensiveHistorical Archive""; ""6 Mission 3: Analyzing andVisualizing Data Worldwide""; ""7 Comparisons: Big Data acrossTime and Disciplines""; ""8 Priorities for CHIA; Benefits of CHIA""; ""References""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Historiography.
World history.
Computers.
Data structures (Computer science).
Database management.
History, Modern.
Historiography and Method.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Information Systems and Communication Service.
Data Structures and Information Theory.
Database Management.
Modern History.