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Secret writing in the long eighteenth century : theories and practices of cryptology

Title
Secret writing in the long eighteenth century : theories and practices of cryptology / Katherine Ellison.
Author
Ellison, Katherine E.
Publication
  • Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Description
87 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
"Cryptology of the long eighteenth century became an explicit discipline of secrecy. Theorized in pedagogical texts that reached wide audiences, multimodal methods of secret writing during the period in England promoted algorithmic literacy, introducing reading practices like discernment, separation, recombination, and pattern recognition"--
Series Statement
Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections
Uniform Title
Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections.
Subject
  • 1700-1799
  • Cryptography > Great Britain > History > 18th century
  • Literacy > Great Britain > History > 18th century
  • Cryptography
  • Literacy
  • Great Britain
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Cryptograms.
  • Informational works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Call Number
JFE 23-1798
ISBN
  • 9781009078146
  • 1009078143
  • 9781009086820 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2023000467
OCLC
1350412730
Author
Ellison, Katherine E., author.
Title
Secret writing in the long eighteenth century : theories and practices of cryptology / Katherine Ellison.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections
Cambridge elements. Elements in eighteenth-century connections.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
1700-1799
Other Form:
Online version: Ellison, Katherine E. Secret writing in the long eighteenth century Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781009086820 (DLC) 2023000468
Research Call Number
JFE 23-1798
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