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  • Category: Books (Social Science)
  • ISBN-10:  1405168064
  • ISBN-10:  1405168064
  • ISBN-13:  9781405168069
  • ISBN-13:  9781405168069
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publisher:  Wiley-Blackwell
  • Pages:  640
  • Pages:  640
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Binding:  Paperback
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2008
  • Pub Date:  01-May-2008
  • SKU:  1405168064-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  1405168064-11-MPOD
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This Companion offers a thorough, concise overview of the emerging field of humanities computing.

  • Contains 37 original articles written by leaders in the field.
  • Addresses the central concerns shared by those interested in the subject.
  • Major sections focus on the experience of particular disciplines in applying computational methods to research problems; the basic principles of humanities computing; specific applications and methods; and production, dissemination and archiving.
  • Accompanied by a website featuring supplementary materials, standard readings in the field and essays to be included in future editions of the Companion.

Notes on Contributors viii

Foreword: Perspectives on the Digital Humanities xvi
Roberto A. Busa

The Digital Humanities and Humanities Computing: An Introduction xxiii
Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, and John Unsworth

PART I History

1 The History of Humanities Computing 3
Susan Hockey

2 Computing for Archaeologists 20
Harrison Eiteljorg, II

3 Art History 31
Michael Greenhalgh

4 Classics and the Computer: An End of the History 46
Greg Crane

5 Computing and the Historical Imagination 56
William G. Thomas, III

6 Lexicography 69
Russon Wooldridge

7 Linguistics Meets Exact Sciences 79
Jan Hajic¡

8 Literary Stuló“

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