Information history in the modern world: histories of the information age

This edited collection of essays brings together, for the first time, notablescholars from the UK, US and Europe in the field of information history. It explores the key themes and ideas, offering students a diverse taster of information history in practice and relating this historical research to the contemporary information age. TONI WELLER is Senior Lecturer in History at De Montfort University, UK, and Editor of the international journal 'Library and Information History. 'She is one of the leading scholars in the burgeoning field of information history and her previous publications include 'Information History - An Introduction: Exploring an Emergent Field' (2008). INDICE: - List of Figures - Acknowledgements - Abbreviations - Notes on Contributors - Introduction; 'T.Weller - 'Personal Identification as InformationFlows in England, 1500-2000; 'E.Higgs' - Information for the Public: Information Infrastructure in the Republic of Letters; 'B.Rayward' - Designing and Gathering Information: Perspectives on Nineteenth Century Forms; 'P.Stiff, P.Dobraszczyk '& 'M.Esbester - 'Broadside Ballads, Almanacs and 'The Illustrated News': Genres and Rhetoric in the Communication of Information in Denmark, 1800-1925; 'L.Skouvig' - Information and Empire: The Information and Intelligence Bureaux of the Imperial Institute, London 1887-1949; 'D.Muddiman' - 'A Valuable Handbook of Information': The Staff Magazine in the First Half of the Twentieth Century as a Means of Information Management; 'A.Black' - Modelling Recent Information History: The 'Banditry' of the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda; 'P.Sturges' - Rewriting History: The Information Age and the Knowable Past; 'L.Tredinnick' - Conclusion: Information History in the Modern World; 'T.Weller' -Selected Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23736-0
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 232
• Fecha Publicación: 09/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido