The European encyclopedia from 1650 to the twenty-first century
First taking shape during the seventeenth century, the European encyclopedia was an alphabetical book of knowledge. For the next three centuries, printed encyclopedias in the European tradition were an element of culture and peoples' lives, initially just among Europe's educated elite but...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2019
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| Schlagworte: | Encyclopedias and dictionaries Encyclopedias and dictionaries ; History and criticism |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (xviii, 443 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | First taking shape during the seventeenth century, the European encyclopedia was an alphabetical book of knowledge. For the next three centuries, printed encyclopedias in the European tradition were an element of culture and peoples' lives, initially just among Europe's educated elite but ultimately through much of the literate world. Organized around themes such as genre, economics, illustration, and publishing, The European Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive survey of encyclopedias to be written in English in more than fifty years. Engaging with printed encyclopedias, now largely extinct and the object of nostalgia, as well as the global phenomenon of Wikipedia, Jeff Loveland brings together encyclopedias from multiple languages (notably English, French, and German, amongst others). This book will be of interest to anyone, from academics in the humanities to non-academic readers, with an interest in encyclopedias and their history |
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| Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jun 2019) |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (xviii, 443 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781108646390 1108646395 9781108481090 1108481094 9781108703802 1108703801 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/9781108646390 |