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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A fascinating multidisciplinary essay collection that will appeal to information history junkies as well as history, journalism, and library science students." * Library Journal *
"I did not want it to end. . . . It has thrown my personal information system out of equilibrium and reminded me how many things I still have to learn about my own field of study. There are not too many books I have read to the end and opened back to the introduction before setting it down. Well done.
Information: A Historical Companion answers questions I did not know I had."
---Jodi Kearns, Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology"This book is an essential work of reference accessible to historians and scholars across the humanities and social sciences. A great deal of good work went into its development, and the results reward it"
---James W. Cortada, Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Ultimately,
Information offers an informative, and indeed fresh, perspective on a phenomenon that, historically and contemporaneously, has been so central to our lives, technologies, and societies. While expertly summarizing existing literature across diverse disciplines, it reveals many exciting convergences between hitherto disparate approaches and creates compelling connections between technology, information, and history."
---Marc Kosciejew, Technology and Culture"Surely the definitive work on the overall subject."
---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"Rollicking"
---N.J. Enfield, Times Literary Supplement
