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This book looks at the pervasive naming of information that libraries undertake as a matter of course through representation of subjects.



Table of Contents
Preface.
1. Naming is Power.
2. Armies, Railroads and Procrustean Beds.
3. The Iterability of the Public and Efficiency.
4. The Authority to Name.
5. Ite/Arating Women.
6. Toward Eccentric Techniques.
Notes. Index.

The Power to Name

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      Publisher Springer
      Published 30 June 2002
      ISBN-13 9781402007767
      978-1402007767

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book looks at the pervasive naming of information that libraries undertake as a matter of course through representation of subjects.



      Table of Contents
      Preface.
      1. Naming is Power.
      2. Armies, Railroads and Procrustean Beds.
      3. The Iterability of the Public and Efficiency.
      4. The Authority to Name.
      5. Ite/Arating Women.
      6. Toward Eccentric Techniques.
      Notes. Index.

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