Tag Archives: Crime

How much does technological development owe to pornography?

A lot, argues journalist Patchen Barss, who has just published a book titled The Erotic Engine: How Pornography has Powered Mass Communication, from Gutenberg to Google. From the publishers’ website: From cave painting to photography to the internet, pornography has always been at the cutting edge in adopting and exploiting new developments in mass communication.… Read More »

Workshop Call for Papers

‘Commerce and Illegality, 1500-2000’ 21 April 2010 University of Wolverhampton, UK The Centre for the History of Retailing and Distribution invites participants to a workshop devoted to a discussion of illicit and illegal commercial practices, from 1500 to the present. Proposals are invited covering any form of dodgy dealing and any geographical location. Topics of… Read More »