Book (Practical) History in general History of Index ~ / Dennis Duncan

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HISTORY IN GENERAL
The story of indexes is the history of information processing as well as the history of books such as the invention of booklet and letterpress printing. We travel through German printing houses, Enlightenment coffee houses, living rooms of novelists and university laboratories, covering emperors, popes, philosophers, Prime Minister, librarians and professional indexers. We cover anecdotes about how indexes saved heretics from the fire, and the trend of using indexes to provoke political opponents, while depicting the journey from 13th-century Biblical manuscripts to today's e-books. The Secret History of "Indexes" for Reading Lovers!