Freedom and Information: A History (Hardcover)

Introduction: Freedom and Information: A New Digital Age? 1. Visibility and Power: Information as Knowledge 2. Power and Knowledge: Nineteenth-Century Panopticism and the National Library 3. Control Not Freedom: Controls and Checks in the Twentieth Century 4. Freedom and Information: Transitions in the Nature of Information in the New Digital Age 5. Freedom from Control: The Future Role of Self-Organised Communities Conclusion: Control and Power: The Arc Towards the Control Society