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INFORMATION HISTORY IN
THE MODERN WORLD

One of the best texts I have read for a long time. The collection has an exciting objective and it forms a coherent whole; students of History and of Library and Information Science will return repeatedly to this book.
Trine Schreiber, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen

Information has a rich but under-explored history. The information age of the late twentieth century witnessed the emergence of a new history of information and, in this timely collection of essays, a team of international scholars from a variety of disciplines examines the changing understandings of information in the modern world.

Situating the concept of information in varying historical contexts since the eighteenth century, this volume:

explores how this historical research can challenge our perceptions of the information age in the global twenty-first century

discusses ephemera, wars, imagery, empire, identification and the transience of history in the digital era

argues that the changing uses, perceptions and manifestations of information helped to shape the world we know today.

Authoritative and approachable, this is an invaluable resource for anyone who is interested in how and why information has become a distinguishing feature of the modern world.

Toni Weller is Senior Lecturer in History at De Montfort University and Editor of the international journal Library and Information History. Her previous publications include Information History An Introduction: Exploring an Emergent Field (2008) and The Victorians and Information: A Social and Cultural History (2009).

Themes in Focus

Jonathan Barry and Christopher Brooks
THE MIDDLING SORT OF PEOPLE: Culture, Society
and Politics in England, 15501800

Patrick Collinson and John Craig
THE REFORMATION IN ENGLISH TOWNS, 15001640

Moira Donald and Tim Rees
REINTERPRETING REVOLUTION IN TWENTIETH CENTURY
EUROPE

Susan Doran and Glenn Richardson
TUDOR ENGLAND AND ITS NEIGHBOURS

Christopher Durston and Jacqueline Eales
THE CULTURE OF ENGLISH PURITANISM, 15601700

Paul Griffiths, Adam Fox and Steve Hindle
THE EXPERIENCE OF AUTHORITY IN EARLY
MODERN ENGLAND

Tim Harris
POPULAR CULTURE IN ENGLAND, c. 15001850

Roy Porter and Marie Mulvey Roberts
PLEASURE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

D. Power and N. Standen
FRONTIERS IN QUESTION: Eurasian Borderlands, 7001700

R. W. Scribner and Trevor Johnson
POPULAR RELIGION IN GERMANY AND
CENTRAL EUROPE, 14001800

Toni Weller
INFORMATION HISTORY IN THE MODERN WORLD: Histories of the
Information Age

Themes in Focus Series

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INFORMATION HISTORY IN THE
MODERN WORLD

HISTORIES OF THE INFORMATION AGE

Edited by

Toni Weller

Introduction, Conclusion, selection and editorial matter Toni Weller 2011

Individual chapters (in order) Edward Higgs; W. Boyd Rayward; Paul Stiff, Paul Dobraszczyk & Mike Esbester; Laura Skouvig; Dave Muddiman; Alistair Black; Paul Sturges; Luke Tredinnick 2011

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

Abbreviations used in , A Valuable Handbook of Information: The Staff Magazine in the First Half of the Twentieth Century as a Means of Information Management.

Staff Magazines Researched and Cited

The name of each magazine is preceded by the abbreviations as it appears in the notes. The companies that produced them and the field of business in which the companies operated are given in brackets if the titles of the magazines are not self-explanatory in these regards.

APOC	APOC Magazine (Anglo-Persian Oil Company)
BPM	BP Magazine (British Petroleum)
CC	Costing Comments (Prudential Assurance Company)
CWM	Cocoa Works Magazine (Rowntree and Co., makers of cocoa and confectionery)
MA	Marlbeck Annual (Thomas Marshall [Marlbeck] Limited, garment manufacturer)
NI	Naft-i-Iran (Anglo-Persian Oil Company)

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