Knowledge: Its Creation, Distribution and Economic Significance, Volume II : : The Branches of Learning / / Fritz Machlup.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Machlup, Fritz,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; Volume II
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 p.)

Volume II of this ten-volume work, examines the parts of intellectual knowledge that have been considered worth teaching in institutions of higher learning. To judge what to teach, it was necessary to classify.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: THE BRANCHES OF LEARNING -- CHAPTER 2. THE TAXONOMY OF THE BRANCHES OF LEARNING -- CHAPTER 3. CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL SYNOPSES OF DOCTRINES -- CHAPTER 4. THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE -- CHAPTER 5. THE CIRCLE OF LEARNING -- CHAPTER 6. THE MAPPING OF THE SCIENCES -- CHAPTER 7. UNIFIED SCIENCE AND THE PROPAEDIA -- PART TWO: THE DEPARTMENTS OF ERUDITION -- CHAPTER 8. ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES: CLASSES AND SECTIONS -- CHAPTER 9. LIBRARIES: CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 10. UNIVERSITIES: FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENTS -- INDEX -- Backmatter