Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to DiderotISBN: 978-0-7456-2485-3
Paperback
268 pages
December 2000, Polity
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'Peter Burke is an exceptional historian: a polyglot, at home in
a dozen languages; an intellectual, who is well versed in
theoretical developments adjacent to history; a superb expositor,
with the capacity to distil his findings in unpretentious and
limpidly accessible prose; and an author of unflagging vitality,
whose prolific studies in the cultural history of early modern
Europe and in modern historiography constitute a formidable
oeuvre ... He has succeeded in producing a balanced,
judicious and highly stimulating work of synthesis. His book will
be an indispensable starting point for years to come.' Keith
Thomas, History Today
'Burke has made a significant contribution to cultural history ... [He] shows how knowledge was a form of exchange and how it became what we would recognize it as today. Burke's achievement in A Social History of Knowledge is to remind us that people in the past did not view knowledge in the same way as we do today.' History