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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
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/06/2002
      ISBN13: 9781402007767, 978-1402007767
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      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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