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'A highly readable account of the many permutations of a genre that became familiar to a wide public. The thematic approach is innovative, and the research is mind-boggling in its extent, with coverage of dozens of encyclopedias in several languages. Loveland has written a major contribution to the history of encyclopedism.' Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Georgia State University 'The great fields of the history of knowledge and the histories of print and digital culture have had the encyclopedic tradition on their horizons forever: a jumbled and forbidding mass of peaks (the Encyclopedie, Britannica, Zedler, Larousse, Wikipedia ...), never explored as a whole. This book surveys it in a map of wonderful clarity, fascinating in itself and a sure guide for decades of future exploration.' John Considine, University of Alberta '... the book is replete with fascinating information.' W. Baker, Choice 'Loveland combines many of the virtues of the encyclopedists themselves. He is formidably well-informed, having mastered the abundant primary sources in English, French and German and the secondary sources in Italian and Spanish as well. He is precise. He is well-organised. His presentation of information is cool, concise, balanced and accurate ...' Peter Burke, Library and Information History 'A highly readable account of the many permutations of a genre that became familiar to a wide public. The thematic approach is innovative, and the research is mind-boggling in its extent, with coverage of dozens of encyclopedias in several languages. Loveland has written a major contribution to the history of encyclopedism.' Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Georgia State University 'The great fields of the history of knowledge and the histories of print and digital culture have had the encyclopedic tradition on their horizons forever: a jumbled and forbidding mass of peaks (the Encyclopedie, Britannica, Zedler, Larousse, Wikipedia ...), never explored as a whole. This book surveys it in a map of wonderful clarity, fascinating in itself and a sure guide for decades of future exploration.' John Considine, University of Alberta '... the book is replete with fascinating information.' W. Baker, Choice 'Loveland combines many of the virtues of the encyclopedists themselves. He is formidably well-informed, having mastered the abundant primary sources in English, French and German and the secondary sources in Italian and Spanish as well. He is precise. He is well-organised. His presentation of information is cool, concise, balanced and accurate ...' Peter Burke, Library and Information History

'A highly readable account of the many permutations of a genre that became familiar to a wide public. The thematic approach is innovative, and the research is mind-boggling in its extent, with coverage of dozens of encyclopedias in several languages. Loveland has written a major contribution to the history of encyclopedism.' Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Georgia State University 'The great fields of the history of knowledge and the histories of print and digital culture have had the encyclopedic tradition on their horizons forever: a jumbled and forbidding mass of peaks (the Encyclopedie, Britannica, Zedler, Larousse, Wikipedia ...), never explored as a whole. This book surveys it in a map of wonderful clarity, fascinating in itself and a sure guide for decades of future exploration.' John Considine, University of Alberta 'A highly readable account of the many permutations of a genre that became familiar to a wide public. The thematic approach is innovative, and the research is mind-boggling in its extent, with coverage of dozens of encyclopedias in several languages. Loveland has written a major contribution to the history of encyclopedism.' Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Georgia State University 'The great fields of the history of knowledge and the histories of print and digital culture have had the encyclopedic tradition on their horizons forever: a jumbled and forbidding mass of peaks (the Encyclopedie, Britannica, Zedler, Larousse, Wikipedia ...), never explored as a whole. This book surveys it in a map of wonderful clarity, fascinating in itself and a sure guide for decades of future exploration.' John Considine, University of Alberta

'A highly readable account of the many permutations of a genre that became familiar to a wide public. The thematic approach is innovative, and the research is mind-boggling in its extent, with coverage of dozens of encyclopedias in several languages. Loveland has written a major contribution to the history of encyclopedism.' Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Georgia State University 'The great fields of the history of knowledge and the histories of print and digital culture have had the encyclopedic tradition on their horizons forever: a jumbled and forbidding mass of peaks (the Encyclopedie, Britannica, Zedler, Larousse, Wikipedia ...), never explored as a whole. This book surveys it in a map of wonderful clarity, fascinating in itself and a sure guide for decades of future exploration.' John Considine, University of Alberta `A highly readable account of the many permutations of a genre that became familiar to a wide public. The thematic approach is innovative, and the research is mind-boggling in its extent, with coverage of dozens of encyclopedias in several languages. Loveland has written a major contribution to the history of encyclopedism.' Kathleen Hardesty Doig, Georgia State University `The great fields of the history of knowledge and the histories of print and digital culture have had the encyclopedic tradition on their horizons forever: a jumbled and forbidding mass of peaks (the Encyclopedie, Britannica, Zedler, Larousse, Wikipedia ...), never explored as a whole. This book surveys it in a map of wonderful clarity, fascinating in itself and a sure guide for decades of future exploration.' John Considine, University of Alberta

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Jeff Loveland is Professor in Romance and Arabic Languages and Literatures at the University of Cincinnati. He is the author of numerous articles on encyclopedias as well as An Alternative Encyclopedia? Dennis de Coetlogon's Universal History of Arts and Sciences (2010). With Frank Kafker, he also co-edited The Early Britannica: The Growth of an Outstanding Encyclopedia (2009).

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