A Social History of Knowledge II: From the Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia

by Peter Burke

Book Overview

Peter Burke follows up his magisterial Social History of Knowledge, picking up where the first volume left off around 1750 at the publication of the French Encyclop?die and following the story through to Wikipedia. Like the previous volume, it offers a social history (or a retrospective sociology of knowledge) in the sense that it focuses not on individuals but on groups, institutions, collective practices and general trends.

The book is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745650430
• ISBN13: 9780745650432
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"