The European Encyclopedia
eBook - PDF

The European Encyclopedia

From 1650 to the Twenty-First Century

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The European Encyclopedia

From 1650 to the Twenty-First Century

About this book

First taking shape during the seventeenth century, the European encyclopedia was an alphabetical book of knowledge. For the next three centuries, printed encyclopedias in the European tradition were an element of culture and peoples' lives, initially just among Europe's educated elite but ultimately through much of the literate world. Organized around themes such as genre, economics, illustration, and publishing, The European Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive survey of encyclopedias to be written in English in more than fifty years. Engaging with printed encyclopedias, now largely extinct and the object of nostalgia, as well as the global phenomenon of Wikipedia, Jeff Loveland brings together encyclopedias from multiple languages (notably English, French, and German, amongst others). This book will be of interest to anyone, from academics in the humanities to non-academic readers, with an interest in encyclopedias and their history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Chronological List of Printed Encyclopedias
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. Chapter 1 Genres of Encyclopedias
  12. Chapter 2 The Contents of Encyclopedias
  13. Chapter 3 Size, Price, and the Economics of Encyclopedias
  14. Chapter 4 Preparing an Encyclopedia
  15. Chapter 5 The Organization of Encyclopedias
  16. Chapter 6 Illustrations in Encyclopedias
  17. Chapter 7 Authorship in Encyclopedias
  18. Chapter 8 Publishing an Encyclopedia
  19. Chapter 9 Readers and Users of Encyclopedias
  20. Chapter 10 Encyclopedias after Print
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index