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From flock beds to professionalism : a history of index-makers / by Hazel K. Bell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bell, Hazel K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indexing--History.
- Indexing.
- Indexers--Biography.
- Indexers.
- Indexing--English-speaking countries--Societies, etc--History.
- History.
- English-speaking countries.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; Hatfield, Hertfordshire : HKB Press, 2008.
- Summary:
- "Presents an overview of the history of index-making from the fifteenth to the twentieth century, brief biographies of sixty-five individual index-makers, and a history of indexing societies in English-speaking countries. Considers their working methods, techniques, training, remuneration, lives and personalities"--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-316) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781584562283
- 1584562285
- 9780955250347
- 095525034X
- OCLC:
- 229445945
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