Making Knowledge in Early Modern Europe

Making Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 373
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ISBN-10 : 9780226763293
ISBN-13 : 0226763293
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Book Synopsis Making Knowledge in Early Modern Europe by : Pamela H. Smith

Download or read book Making Knowledge in Early Modern Europe written by Pamela H. Smith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aims to bring together essays that explore how knowledge was obtained and demonstrated in Europe during an intellectually explosive four centuries, when standard methods of inquiry took shape across several fields of intellectual pursuit. This book looks at production and consumption of knowledge as a social process within different communities.


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