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A social history of knowledge : from Gutenberg to Diderot, based on the first series of Vonhoff Lectures given at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burke, Peter, 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK : Malden, Mass. : Polity Press ; Blackwell Publishers, [2000]
Subjects:
Knowledge, Sociology of > History.
Sociologie de la connaissance > Histoire.
Wetenschap.
Kennis.
Sociale aspecten.
Wissen.
Online Access:Table of contents
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents:
  • Sociologies and histories of knowledge: an introduction
  • Professing knowledge: the European clerisy
  • Establishing knowledge: institutions old and new
  • Locating knowledge: centres and peripheries
  • Classifying knowledge: curricula, libraries and encyclopedias
  • Controlling knowledge: churches and states
  • Selling knowledge: the market and the press
  • Acquiring knowledge: the reader's share
  • Trusting and distrusting knowledge: a coda.