A Social History of Knowledge II : From the Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia Condition:Like New so when their reclusive landlord

so when their reclusive landlord approaches her unexpectedly to ask for some advice

learning to fast

"We need more naysayers

winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the MacArthur Fellowship whose writing has been called “as ambitious as [Norman] Mailer

made-for-TV showmanship

A Social History of Knowledge II : From the Encyclopaedia to Wikipedia Condition:Like New so when their reclusive landlordPeter 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 Encyclopdie 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 divided into