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Big Data in History

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  • © 2013

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  1. Patrick Manning

    1. University of Pittsburgh, USA

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Challenges of Big Data in History

    • Patrick Manning
    Pages 1-13

  3. The Need to Know our Global Past

    • Patrick Manning
    Pages 14-28

  4. CHIA: Its Collaborative Mission, Structure, and Innovation

    • Patrick Manning
    Pages 29-43

  5. Mission 1: Assembling and Documenting the Data

    • Patrick Manning
    Pages 44-60

  6. Mission 2: Creating a Comprehensive Historical Archive

    • Patrick Manning
    Pages 61-70

  7. Mission 3: Analyzing and Visualizing Data Worldwide

    • Patrick Manning
    Pages 71-83

  8. Comparisons: Big Data across Time and Disciplines

    • Patrick Manning
    Pages 84-100

  9. Priorities for CHIA; Benefits of CHIA

    • Patrick Manning
    Pages 101-107

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 108-119
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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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  • University of Pittsburgh, USA

    Patrick Manning

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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.

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