A Brief History of Encyclopedias: From Pliny to Wikipedia
Including topics such as Wikipedia's importance as a global phenomenon, this is a timely consideration of the roles of the guardians and editors of information throughout history Encyclopedias have traditionally claimed to provide absolute knowledge, yet with information now among the world's most valuable commodities, this Brief History is a sensible deliberation on how accurate that claim can ever be. While the omissions and distortions of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia may seem easy enough to spot, those of--for example--the Britannica, the Universalis, or the Brockhaus may not be so widely known. Since the Middle Ages, rapid advancements i…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84391-973-5
- EAN: 9781843919735
- Produktnummer: 7249546
- Verlag: Hesperus Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 119 S.
- Masse: H19.3 cm x B11.9 cm x D1.5 cm 136 g
- Gewicht: 136
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Andrew Brown is a translator and former teacher of French literature and philosophy at Cambridge University. He is the author of Brief Lives: Gustave Flaubert and Brief Lives: Stendhal (both Hesperus Press).
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