History of knowledge

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The history of knowledge is a field that is related to, but also different from the history of science, the history of scholarship, the history of philosophy. History of knowledge includes the history of universities, publishing, libraries, and the social division of intellectual labor.

Literature

Burke, Peter (2000). A social history of knowledge. From Gutenberg to Diderot. Cambridge: Polity Press