A social history of knowledge: from Gutenberg to Diderot

Sociologies and histories of knowledge: an introduction --

Professing knowledge: the European clerisy --

Establishing knowledge: institutions old and new --

Locating knowledge: centres and peripheries --

Classifying knowledge: curricula, libraries and encyclopedias --

Controlling knowledge: churches and states --

Selling knowledge: the market and the press --

Acquiring knowledge: the reader's share --

Trusting and distrusting knowledge: a coda.