Encyclopedias
Theodore Zeldin, 26 October 1989
Longman Encyclopedia
edited by Asa Briggs.
Longman, 1179 pp., £24.95, September 1989,0 582 91620 8 Show More
edited by Asa Briggs.
Longman, 1179 pp., £24.95, September 1989,
International Encyclopedia of Communications: Vols I-IV
edited by Erik Barnouw.
Oxford, 1913 pp., £250, April 1989,0 19 504994 2 Show More
edited by Erik Barnouw.
Oxford, 1913 pp., £250, April 1989,
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives
edited by Francis Robinson.
Cambridge, 520 pp., £30, September 1989,0 521 33451 9 Show More
edited by Francis Robinson.
Cambridge, 520 pp., £30, September 1989,
Concise Encyclopedia of Islam
by Cyril Glass.
Stacey International, 472 pp., £35, February 1989,0 905743 52 0 Show More
by Cyril Glass.
Stacey International, 472 pp., £35, February 1989,
The Middle Ages: A Concise Encyclopedia
by H.R. Loyn.
Thames and Hudson, 352 pp., £24, May 1989,0 500 25103 7 Show More
by H.R. Loyn.
Thames and Hudson, 352 pp., £24, May 1989,
China in World History
by S.A.M. Adshead.
Macmillan, 432 pp., £35, June 1988,0 333 43405 6 Show More
by S.A.M. Adshead.
Macmillan, 432 pp., £35, June 1988,
“... Why does every home not have a whole wall of encyclopedias, now that we supposedly live in the Information Age? Why have they failed to establish themselves as indispensable items of furniture, against the competition of electronic gadgetry? Because they are contenting themselves with just giving information, instead of sharpening it, so that it points somewhere ... ”