ABS: Kronick, The commerce of letters: Networks and "invisiblecolleges" in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe

[Gretchen Whitney]

D.A. Kronick : e-mail: dkronick at satx.rr.com

TITLE   :       The commerce of letters: Networks and "invisible colleges"
in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe
AUTHOR   Kronick DA
JOURNAL  LIBRARY QUARTERLY
                                 71 (1): 28-43 JAN 2001

 Document type: Article    Language: English    Cited References: 62
Times Cited: 0


Abstract:
The "erudite letters" of early modern science had their antecedents in
classical literature, The letters were not always concerned with scholarly
matters but bear witness to the intellectual currents of the period in which
they were written. Letters were circulated as a prepublication means of
sharing and assessing ideas before they were put into print and also served
as a medium of publication. The establishment of scientific societies
and journals, rather than diminishing the flow of letters, served to
stimulate and enhance their use. The commerce of letters also sustained what
seventeenth-century scholars caned "invisible colleges." The concepts of
networks and invisible colleges have been applied to modern scientific
communication, where research techniques such as "co-citation analysis" have
been used to reveal coteries with communal research interests. A
study of early modern correspondence networks may suggest an analytical
approach to scholarly correspondence that is capable of revealing
additional networks or invisible colleges in the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries.

Addresses:
Kronick DA, Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, 2830 Bee Cave St, San Antonio, TX
78231 USA
Univ Texas, Hlth Sci Ctr, San Antonio, TX 78231 USA

Publisher:
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS, CHICAGO

IDS Number:
398PY

ISSN:
0024-2519

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