The dangerous art of text mining : a methodology for digital history / Jo Guldi, Southern Methodist University.
| Author/creator | Guldi, Jo, 1978- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2023. |
| Description | xxx, 465 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A ropes course for exploring the territory. Why textual data from the past is dangerous ; From fantasy to engagement ; Words are keys and words are barriers ; Critical search, a theory ; To predict or to describe? -- The many windows of the house of the past. The many windows of the house of the past ; Of memory ; The distinctiveness of certain eras ; The measure of influence ; Of rock and fire ; Whither modernity ; What computers can explain and when to stop : a case study in the political history of climate change -- Critical thinking with data makes stronger disciplines. A world map of culture, purged of bias ; The future of the art. |
| Abstract | "The Dangerous Art of Text Mining celebrates the bold new research now possible because of text mining, the art of counting words over time. But the book is based on a warning: without help from the humanities, data science can distort the past and lead to perilous errors"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Guldi, Jo (Joanna), 1978- Dangerous art of text mining. First edition Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2022 9781009263016 |
| LCCN | 2022043230 |
| ISBN | 9781009262996 |
| ISBN | 9781009262989 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 100926298X |
| ISBN | 1009262998 |
| ISBN | (epub) |
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