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What is the History of Knowledge?

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What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history.

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What is the History of Knowledge?, Peter Burke

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Title
What is the History of Knowledge?
Language
English
Publisher
Polity Press
Released
2015
Format
Paperback
Pages
160
ISBN10
0745669840
ISBN13
9780745669847
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What is the history of knowledge? This engaging and accessible introduction explains what is distinctive about the new field of the history of knowledge (or, as some scholars say, knowledges in the plural ) and how it differs from the history of science, intellectual history, the sociology of knowledge or from cultural history.