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260 a| Cambridge, Massachusetts :b| The MIT Press,c| [2014];

300 a| xii, 370 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm.;

490 0 a| History and foundations of information science;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-347) and index.;

505 0 a| Raising a perfectly modern Herbert -- An unexpected library revolution, at an unexpected place, by an unusual young fellow -- The great men at Harvard and Herbert's information "calling" -- Challenging the British "Lion" of science information -- New information ideas in Zurich, not Brooklyn or Paris -- Starting an information revolution and business, the hard way -- Big debts, big gamble, big building, big friends, a special librarian -- Lydia's other adventurous boy, family responsibilities, to America with hat in hand, war -- From information to intrigue, Herbert, WWI, a young Allen Dulles -- Returning to a family in decline, meeting with the liberal establishment -- To the centers of science and political power, and a new information world -- More conflicts between old and new science -- Wistar and the Council's abstracts vs. Field's elegant classification, round 1 -- A Concilium without Herbert Field, Nina and the Rockefeller's great decisions -- A voyage home and the Council's vision for world science vs. the Concilium, round 2 -- The information consequences of "capitalism's disaster" and the shift to applied science information -- The 1930's ideological journey of the Fields and their liberal friends -- Intrigue begins, in Switzerland, England, and Cambridge -- New loves, a family of agents, science information in war, librarians stealing books?, Soviet espionage without cost -- Looking forward to more intrigue, the postwar stories of big science, big information, and more ideology.;

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Information and intrigue from index cards to Dewey decimals to Alger Hiss / Colin B. Burke.

Author/creator	Burke, Colin B., 1936-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2014]
Description	xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs
Subjects	Field, Herbert Haviland, 1868-1921. Field, Noel Haviland, 1904-1970. Concilium Bibliographicum--History. Bibliographers--Biography. Classification--Books. --Science. Information storage and retrieval systems--Science. Diplomats--Biography. Information science--History. Science--Political aspects. --History. --20th century. Science and state--History. --20th century.

Series	History and foundations of information science
Contents	Raising a perfectly modern Herbert -- An unexpected library revolution, at an unexpected place, by an unusual young fellow -- The great men at Harvard and Herbert's information "calling" -- Challenging the British "Lion" of science information -- New information ideas in Zurich, not Brooklyn or Paris -- Starting an information revolution and business, the hard way -- Big debts, big gamble, big building, big friends, a special librarian -- Lydia's other adventurous boy, family responsibilities, to America with hat in hand, war -- From information to intrigue, Herbert, WWI, a young Allen Dulles -- Returning to a family in decline, meeting with the liberal establishment -- To the centers of science and political power, and a new information world -- More conflicts between old and new science -- Wistar and the Council's abstracts vs. Field's elegant classification, round 1 -- A Concilium without Herbert Field, Nina and the Rockefeller's great decisions -- A voyage home and the Council's vision for world science vs. the Concilium, round 2 -- The information consequences of "capitalism's disaster" and the shift to applied science information -- The 1930's ideological journey of the Fields and their liberal friends -- Intrigue begins, in Switzerland, England, and Cambridge -- New loves, a family of agents, science information in war, librarians stealing books?, Soviet espionage without cost -- Looking forward to more intrigue, the postwar stories of big science, big information, and more ideology.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-347) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2013035293
ISBN	9780262027021 (hardcover)

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