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The Gutenberg Galaxy

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The Gutenberg Galaxy

Summary

The Gutenberg Galaxy is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Gutenberg Galaxy authored Marshall McLuhan[3].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy received the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction[4].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's image is recorded as MyGutenbergGalaxy onBookchair.jpg[5].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's instance of is recorded as written work[6].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's publisher is recorded as University of Toronto Press[7].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's genre is recorded as essay[8].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 186852522[9].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 8741148574289124430006[10].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's country of origin is recorded as Canada[12].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's publication date is recorded as +1962-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/040w6s[14].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's Open Library ID is recorded as OL17724988W[15].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's has edition or translation is recorded as The Gutenberg Galaxy[16].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's has edition or translation is recorded as The Gutenberg Galaxy[17].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's main subject is recorded as media studies[18].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 85998[19].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's nominated for is recorded as Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction[20].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Gutenberg-Galaxy-The-Making-of-the-Typographic-Man[21].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Gutenberg Galaxy'}[22].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Making of Typographic Man'}[23].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as la-galaxie-gutenberg[24].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's OCLC work ID is recorded as 53969907[25].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's Bitraga work ID is recorded as 4083[26].
  • The Gutenberg Galaxy's National Library of Poland MMS ID is recorded as 9810667083205606[27].

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Designation and Status

The Gutenberg Galaxy's instance of is recorded as written work[6].

Why It Matters

The Gutenberg Galaxy ranks in the top 7% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did The Gutenberg Galaxy receive?

Honors received include Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction[4].

Related Entities

Canada Marshall McLuhan media studies

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . archive.org. Retrieved . archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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