A Brief History of Encyclopaedias

From Pliny to Wikipedia

Brown, Andrew

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Encyclopedias have traditionally claimed to provide absolute knowledge, yet with information now among the world's most valuable commodities, this Brief History is a timely consideration of how accurate that claim can ever be.

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ISBN/GTIN978-1-84391-973-5

Product TypeBook

BindingPaperback

PublisherHesperus Press Ltd

Publishing date30/09/2011

SeriesBrief Histories

Pages112 pages

LanguageEnglish

SizeWidth 130 mm, Height 196 mm, Thickness 11 mm

Weight150 g

Article no.9013880

CatalogsBuchzentrum

Data source no.7249546

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A Brief History of the Druids

A Brief History of the Great Moghuls

A Brief History of British Kings & Queens

A Brief History of the Hundred Years War

A Brief History of Infinity

A Brief History of the Celts

A Brief History of Christianity

A Brief History of the Dynasties of China

A Brief History of British Sea Power

A Brief History of Napoleon in Russia

A Brief History of the Vikings

A Brief History of 1917

A Brief History of Mutiny

A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons

A Brief Guide to Islam

A Brief History of the Cold War

Brief Lives of the English Monarchs

A Brief History of Secret Societies

A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses

A Brief History of Stonehenge

A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths

A Brief History of the Normans

A Brief History of the Private Lives of the Roman Emperors

A Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain

A Brief Guide to the Great Equations

A Brief History of Life in the Middle Ages

The Great Turning Points of British History

World War II: The Autobiography

A Brief History of the English Civil Wars

A Brief History of Henry VIII

A Brief History of Tea

His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill

A Brief Guide to Cloud Computing

A Brief Guide to Classical Civilization

Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs, A Brief History of Ancient Egypt

Rome: The Autobiography

A Brief History of How the Industrial Revolution Changed the World

A Brief History of Sherlock Holmes

A Brief History of Fables

A Brief History of Biographies

A Brief History of Angels and Demons

A Brief History of Britain 1485-1660

A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485

A Brief History of Slavery

Doctor Who

SAS: The Autobiography

A Brief History of Hitmen and Assassinations