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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Book Title: Big Data in History
Authors: Patrick Manning
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137378972
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot London
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-37896-5Published: 22 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-37897-2Published: 22 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 119
Topics: Historiography and Method, World History, Global and Transnational History, Information Systems and Communication Service, Data Structures and Information Theory, Database Management, Modern History

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