摘要 : The information work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture not only altered the kind and amount of information farmers had access to, but effectively sought to redefine who the experts were: through the production and disseminatio... 展开 The information work at the U.S. Department of Agriculture not only altered the kind and amount of information farmers had access to, but effectively sought to redefine who the experts were: through the production and dissemination of research conducted by scientists at the Department, or work by others filtered through the institution. One vehicle for this information transfer was the annual report. This study identifies and examines the information work of the agency from 1862-1868 and situates it within the context of the emergence of the modern state and the history of information. 收起