The paradise of travellers : the Italian influence on Englishmen in the seventeenth century / by A. Lytton Sells
1964, First Edition. London : Allen & Unwin. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #460855
Physical description; 240 pages : illustrations, facsimile, map, portrait ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Of the liberty of thought and discussion / John Stuart Mill -- New threats to free thought / Jonathan Rauch -- Academic and artistic freedom / Nadine Strossen -- Untruth or consequences? / John C. Swan -- Information, technology, and the virtues of ignorance / Daniel C. Dennett -- Do expert systems have a moral cost? / Mark Alfino -- Umberto Eco on libraries : a discussion of "De bibliotheca" / Michael F. Winter -- Education and technology : virtual students, digital classroom / Neil Postman -- Unabomber's secret treatise : is there method in his madness? / Kirkpatrick Sale -- Utilitarianism, information and rights / Partha Dasgupta -- Communications privacy : implications for network design / Marc Rotenberg -- Ethics in the information market / Richard N. Stichler -- Librarianship and public culture in the age of information capitalism / Henry T. Blanke -- The freedom of information act : public access in the computer age / Senator Patrick Leahy -- Access denied : information policy and the limits of liberalism / Grant H. Kester -- Justice and social equity in cyberspace / Ronald Doctor -- Misconduct on the information highway : abuse and misuse of the internet / Susan Hallam -- Computers, pornography, and conflicting rights / Virginia Rezmierski -- The origin of professionalism : sociological conclusions and ethical implications / Lisa Newton -- The ideological use of professional codes / John Kultgen -- Professionalism or culpability? An experiment in ethics / Robert Hauptman. Subjects; British Italy History 17th century. International relations. Travel. Italy Influence on Great Britain Cultural history Stuart period. Travelers Italy History. English Travel Italy History. Travelers, English.
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