Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Histories of Information
6. 1: Inputs “Human Bookkeeping”: The Informatics of Documentary Identity, 1913–1937 35
7. 2: Processes Algorithmic Personality: The Informatics of Psychological Traits, 1917–1937 66
8. 3: Outputs Segregating Data: The Informatics of Racialized Credit, 1923–1937 108
9. Part II: Powers of Formatting
10. 4: Diagnostics Toward a Political Theory for Informational Persons 153
11. 5: Redesign Data’s Turbulent Pasts and Future Paths 173
12. Acknowledgments 197
13. Figures 201
14. Notes 203
15. Bibliography 237
16. Index 263