A Social History of Knowledge II. From the Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia, Paperback - Peter Burke

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): Peter BurkeNumber of pages: 248Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 227 x 155 x 27Cover type: Paperback / softbackRe...

The first three editions of this bestselling book have established A Social History of the Media as a classic, providing a masterful overview of co...

In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of p...

What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of know...

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The State of Freedom: A Social History of the British State since 1800 - Patrick Joyce

The remarkable story of Western polymaths from the fifteenth century to the present day

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A gloriously illuminating history of the encyclopaedia (and how and why we have captured knowledge over the years) by the bestselling author of JUS...

Reducere. For his long-awaited first book, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger has revised some of his best essays on Wikipedia, intellectual autonomy, knowled...

One of the most devastating portraits ever drawn of a human society - life in Hitler's Germany during the Third ReichPublisher: Orion Publishing Co...

Contributor(s): Editor: Keith WrightsonThe rise of social history has had a transforming influence on the history of early modern England. It has b...

Reducere. The theme of this extraordinary book is the evolution of the modern conception of family life and the modern image; of the nature of children. Arie...

A comprehensive study of Iceland's social and historical development, from tiny fishing settlements to a global economic power. It is of interest t...

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Libraries need not see Wikipedia as competition; rather, failing to leverage its omnipresence in the online world constitutes a missed opportunity....

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Reducere. DescriptionWhen the Chinese communists came to power in 1949, they promised to 'turn society upside down'. Efforts to build a communist society cre...

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The drum kit has provided the pulse of popular music from before the dawn of jazz up to the present day pop charts. Kick It, a provocative social h...

Americans love "this year's model, " relying on the "new" to be always "improved." Enthusiasm for the new, says Stanley Buder, is essential to Amer...

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Hibbert tries to show by reference to history of punishments, to the reactions of those who suffered them or have been threatened by them, and to t...

Chinese Diasporas provides a concise and compelling new history of internal and external Chinese migration from the sixteenth century to the presen...

Kristen Richardson traces the social seasons of debutantes on both sides of the Atlantic, sharing their stories in their own words, through diaries...

Shellac and Swing! tells the story of the gramophone's 'golden age, ' when it helped to shape Britain's musical, social and political life and impa...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Fei-Hsien WangIllustration(s): 14 b/w illus. 8 tables.Number of pages: 368Collection: Studies of th...

Reducere. First substantial translation of Apollinaire's later works by an award-winning poet. Guillaume Apollinaire's final years exactly coincided with the...