ISBN:
0745624847
,
0745624855
Language:
English
Pages:
vii, 268 p
,
ill., map
,
23 cm
DDC:
306.420903
Keywords:
Knowledge, Sociology of History
Description / 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-250) and index
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