We are said to be living in an information world, but as early as
1853, The Times was writing of "an age of information." Historical
interest in our contemporary information age and in the historical
tools and techniques of information processing and management has
been the subject of much recent information history scholarship.
This book offers a contrast to existing technologically driven
histories of the information age. It explores the Victorians'
relationship with information and knowledge from a social and
cultural perspective and challenges the chronology of 'modern'
information. Using primary source material, the book explores case
studies of individuals as well more detailed examination of
etiquette books, periodicals, and the Channel Tunnel panics of the
1880s. In "The Victorians and Information," Dr Toni Weller argues
that the nineteenth century formed the crux point between
pre-modern, and what we would now recognise as modern,
conceptualisations of information. This book will be of interest to
historians, information scholars and students, as well as anyone
with a more general curiosity in the social and cultural history of
our contemporary information world.
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