Description: Place for Everything : The Curious History of Alphabetical Order, Paperback by Flanders, Judith, ISBN 1541601165, ISBN-13 9781541601161, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
From a New York Times bestselling historian, the “truly revelatory” (Wall Street Journal) story of how the alphabet ordered our world
A Place for Everything is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. Once we’ve learned our ABCs as children, few of us ever think of them again, but alphabetical order plays a material role in our adult lives. From school registers to electoral rolls, from dictionaries and encyclopedias to library shelves, the alphabet has ordered our lives, often invisibly. Yet the birth of alphabetization was a constant struggle: Medieval clergy felt that its use would upend the divine order of creation; elite institutions like Harvard and Yale long ranked students by the social status of their parents, rather than ordering them from A to Z. But eventually alphabetical order triumphed.
With wry humor, historian Judith Flanders offers a fascinating history of how the alphabet ordered our world.
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Book Title: Place for Everything : The Curious History of Alphabetical Order
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Name: Place for Everything : the Curious History of Alphabetical Order
Language: English
Publisher: Basic Books
Subject: Alphabets & Writing Systems, World, Organizations & Institutions
Item Height: 1.2 in
Publication Year: 2022
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 11.2 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Judith Flanders
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, Education, History
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
