Description
| Product ID: | 9781108703802 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The European Encyclopedia |
| Subtitle: | From 1650 to the Twenty-First Century |
| Authors: | Author: Jeff Loveland |
| Page Count: | 461 |
| Subjects: | Literary studies: general, Literary studies: general, Library, archive and information management, History, Publishing and book trade, Library, archive & information management, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Publishing industry & book trade |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book is for anyone interested in the history of encyclopedias, including academics in the humanities and non-academic readers with an interest in encyclopedias (for example, those nostalgic for printed encyclopedias and those curious about Wikipedia). The book offers a broad contextualization of the modern European encyclopedia since 1650. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Cambridge University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-11 |