Boyles, Denis,

Everything Explained that is Explainable : On the Creation of the Encyclopędia Britannica's Celebrated Eleventh Edition, 1910-1911 / Denis Boyles. - First edition. - xviii, 442 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"The audacious, improbable tale of 20th century American hucksterism, outlandish daring, and vision that resurrected a dying Encyclopedia Britannica in collaboration with a floundering London Times, its astonishing success that changed publishing and that produced the Britannica's eleventh edition (published between 1910 and 1911), the most revered edition of English-language encyclopedias (all 44 million words), considered by many to be "the last great work of the age of reason" (Hans Koening, the New Yorker)"--

9780307269171 (hardback) 9780307389787 (trade paperback)

2015029960


Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
HISTORY / World.
REFERENCE / Encyclopedias.
HISTORY / Study & Teaching.

AE5.E3633 / B69 2016

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