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would have to have an infrastructure of
communications to keep your empire together. So
Empire and Communications is a study of
Babylonia and Persia and the Roman and the Greek
empires, and a succession all the way to modern
times, including Hitler, interestingly. And then The
Bias of Communication , which came out
posthumously I think, was more theoretical and
specific and contemporary analysis. Empire and
Communications was more historical and The Bias
of Communication was more contemporary. Both
books influenced McLuhan enormously, and both
books were talking about the role of technology of
communication on social organization. That’s what