A Brief History of Encyclopedias: From Pliny to Wikipedia by Andrew Brown

A Brief History of Encyclopedias: From Pliny to Wikipedia

Andrew Brown

128 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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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 knowle...

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