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Boyles, Denis

EVERYTHING EXPLAINED THAT IS EXPLAINABLE : On the Creation of the Encyclopædia Britannica's Celebrated Eleventh Edition, 1910-1911 / Denis Boyles. - First edition. - New York Vintage Books 2016/01/01 - 442

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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)"--

ISBN: 9780307269171 (hardback) 9780307389787 (trade paperback)

Source: Purchase Prism Books,Kadavanthra

LCCN: 2015029960

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Encyclopedia Britannica--History.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
HISTORY / World.
REFERENCE / Encyclopedias.
HISTORY / Study & Teaching.
Cultural History--History and criticism.

Dewey Class. No.: 031 / BOY