From Polders to postmodernism
Subtitle: A Concise History of Archival Theory
By: by John Ridener.
Publisher: Litwin Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Duluth, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780980200454; 9781936117352
Subjects: Archives -- Administration -- History; Archives -- Administration
Description: "A history of the conception and development of the theories that have guided archivists in their work from the late 19th through the early 21st centuries"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Why study archival theory?; title: Contexts; title: Consolidation : the Dutch manual; title: Confirmation and reinforcement : Sir Hilary Jenkinson's Manual of archive administration; title: Modern records : T.R. Schellenberg and modern archives; title: Questioning archives : contemporary records, contemporary discourses; title: From Polders to postmodernism.