Expanding the American Mind: Books and the Popularization of Knowledge

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2010
Author
Author: Beth Luey
Language
English
Number of Pages
218 pp.
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
City
Amherst, MA
Region
United States
Chronological Period
1900-1949
1950-1999
ISBN
9781558498167
Annotation

Examines how complex academic discoveries and ideas are communicated to the public in ways that are accessible. Focus on the period after World War II. 

Contents: 

  • Non: the prefix that changes what, and how, we read
  • A brief history of popularization
  • A highly educated public
  • From Snow to Sokal
  • Academic philanthropists
  • Writing to be read
  • From author to reader
  • Why we read
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