A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot
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| Year of Publication |
2000
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| Language |
English
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| Number of Pages |
268 pp.
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| Publisher |
Polity Press
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| City |
Cambridge, England
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| ISBN |
9780745624846
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| Annotation |
Contents:
Sociologies and histories of knowledge: an introduction
Professing knowledge: the European clerisy
Establishing knowledge: institutions old and new
Locating knowledge: centres and peripheries
Classifying knowledge: curricula, libraries and encyclopedias
Controlling knowledge: churches and states
Selling knowledge: the market and the press
Acquiring knowledge: the reader's share
Trusting and distrusting knowledge: a coda
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