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- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- PublishedOn
- 2001-03-29
- Title
- Encyclopaedic Visions: Scientific Dictionaries and Enlightenment
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- ISBN
- 9780521651912
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
0521651913
ISBN-13
9780521651912
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1839181
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
358 Pages
Publication Name
Encyclopaedic Visions : Scientific Dictionaries and Enlightenment Culture
Language
English
Subject
Lexicography, History & Theory, Europe / Great Britain / General, History
Publication Year
2001
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
34.1 Oz
Item Length
10.1 in
Item Width
7.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
00-063005
Reviews
‘Richard Yeo’s ambitious study of a significant segment of encyclopaedic development is a contribution to the highly political debate about the dissemination and control of knowledge … His book is both serious and fascinating. It catches exactly the mixture of intellectual excitement and commercial enterprise that in the Enlightment fuelled the search for the ‘Best Book in the Universe’’.Judith Hawley, The Guardian, Review of the hardback: '… delightful and informative book …' Australian Association for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, ‘Encyclopaedic Visions is thoroughly researched and very well written … is highly recommended for academic libraries supporting history of science departments, library and information science programs, or history departments with an emphasis on intellectual history or history of the book.’Ursula Ellis, University of Oklahoma, '... delightful and informative book ...'.Australian Association for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, Review of the hardback: '… there is … much to be learnt from this excellent study of the work of British enlightenment encyclopaedists.' Australian Journal of Politics and History, Review of the hardback: 'Encyclopaedic Visions is thoroughly researched and very well written … is highly recommended for academic libraries supporting history of science departments, library and information science programs, or history departments with an emphasis on intellectual history or history of the book.' Ursula Ellis, University of Oklahoma, "It is the great merit of Encyclopaedic Visions that it adds significantly to our understanding of the Enlightenment by focusing on the encyclopeadia as a cultural phenomenon. The importance of the study derives in part from its wide chronological sweep... It is the achievement of Encyclopaedic Visions to uncover the cultural roots of a tradition still distantly visible in the encyclopaedias that represent the continuing impulse to dam and contain the oceans of knowledge that surround us." Eighteenth-Century Thought, 'Richard Yeo's ambitious study of a significant segment of encyclopaedic development is a contribution to the highly political debate about the dissemination and control of knowledge ... His book is both serious and fascinating. It catches exactly the mixture of intellectual excitement and commercial enterprise that in the Enlightment fuelled the search for the 'Best Book in the Universe''. Judith Hawley, The Guardian, "...thoroughly researched and very well written...The book is well illustrated with images from Enlightenment encyclopedias, the index is quite extensive, and the bibliography runs to 38 pages. Encyclopaedic Visions is highly recommended for academic libraries supporting history of science departments, library and information science programs, or history departments with an emphasis on intellectual history or history of the book." E-Streams, Review of the hardback: 'Richard Yeo's ambitious study of a significant segment of encyclopaedic development is a contribution to the highly political debate about the dissemination and control of knowledge … His book is both serious and fascinating. It catches exactly the mixture of intellectual excitement and commercial enterprise that in the Enlightment fuelled the search for the 'Best Book in the Universe''. Judith Hawley, The Guardian, '... delightful and informative book ...'. Australian Association for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, ‘… there is … much to be learnt from this excellent study of the work of British enlightenment encyclopaedists.’Australian Journal of Politics and History, Overall, Encyclopaedic Visions constitutes a stimulating and well-researched study. Jeff Loveland, Eighteenth-Century Scotland|9780521651912|, Review of the hardback: 'It is a wonderful virtue of Yeo's work that it uses one text to cut across so many pressing problems of Enlightenment science and literary culture … a fundamentally groundbreaking work.' Brill, '... there is ... much to be learnt from this excellent study of the work of British enlightenment encyclopaedists.' Australian Journal of Politics and History, ‘… delightful and informative book …’.Australian Association for History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science, 'Encyclopaedic Visions is thoroughly researched and very well written ... is highly recommended for academic libraries supporting history of science departments, library and information science programs, or history departments with an emphasis on intellectual history or history of the book.' Ursula Ellis, University of Oklahoma, " Encyclopedic Visions^ R contains thirty well-chosen illustrations and an extensive index. It is also very carefully researched in primary and secondary sources....Imsginative and informative, this book shows that British eighteenth-century encyclopedias deserve to be studied in their own right and should not continue to be eclipsed by the Encyclopedie." Journal of Modern History, ‘It is a wonderful virtue of Yeo’s work that it uses one text to cut across so many pressing problems of Enlightenment science and literary culture … a fundamentally groundbreaking work.’Brill, 'It is a wonderful virtue of Yeo's work that it uses one text to cut across so many pressing problems of Enlightenment science and literary culture ... a fundamentally groundbreaking work.' Brill, "Richard Yeo's ambitious study of a significant segment of encyclopaedic development is a contribution to the highly political debate about the dissemination and control of knowledge....His book is both serious and fascinating. It catches exactly the mixture of intellectual excitement and commercial enterprise that in the Enlightenment fueled the search for the 'best Book in the Universe.'" Judith Hawley, The Guardian
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
031
Table Of Content
Introduction: the encyclopaedic tradition; Part I: 1. Encyclopaedias in the Republic of Letters; 2. Scientific dictionaries and 'compleat' knowledge; 3. Containing knowledge; Part II: 4. From commonplace books to encyclopaedias; 5. 'The best book in the universe': Ephraim Chambers' Cyclopaedia; 6. Communicating the arts and sciences; 7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica and the Scottish Enlightenment; Part III: 8. Copyright and public knowledge; 9. Why dedicate an encyclopaedia to a king?; 10. Editors and experts; Conclusion.
Synopsis
Richard Yeo places eighteenth-century English dictionaries of arts and sciences in a rich cultural framework that includes the arrangement of knowledge, the Republic of Letters, copyright debates, and the specialisation of science. This elegantly illustrated book provides a major contribution to Enlightenment studies and the history of ideas., The eighteenth-century English dictionaries of arts and sciences claimed to contain all knowledge that a person of education should possess. These early encyclopaedias responded to the explosion of information by reducing knowledge to essentials, stressing the need for a coherent account of the sciences, and for some time excluding biography and history. Richard Yeo places these scientific dictionaries in a rich cultural framework of debate that includes the arrangement of knowledge, the Republic of Letters, the Enlightenment public sphere, copyright issues and the specialisation of science. He discusses dilemmas involved in the quest for knowledge to be both organised and readily available, examining assumptions about the organisation, communication and control of knowledge in these works. Elegantly illustrated and accessibly written, Encyclopaedic Visions provides a major contribution to Enlightenment studies and the history of ideas in general., The eighteenth-century English dictionaries of arts and sciences claimed to contain all knowledge that a person of education should possess. Richard Yeo places these scientific dictionaries in a rich cultural framework of debate that includes the classification of knowledge, the tradition of commonplaces, the Republic of Letters, the Enlightenment public sphere, copyright issues, and the specialization of science. He examines assumptions about the organization, communication, and control of knowledge in these works. Elegantly illustrated and clearly written, Encyclopaedic Visions provides a major contribution to Enlightenment studies, the history of science, and the history of ideas in general.
LC Classification Number
AE1 .Y46 2001
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