C. John Sommerville

Author of How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society

About the Author

C. John Sommerville is professor emeritus of history at the University of Florida, a member of the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton, and senior fellow at Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions. His other books include The Decline of the Secular University and How the News Makes show more Us Dumb. show less

Works by C. John Sommerville

The Decline of the Secular University (2006) 78 copies

Religious Ideas for Secular Universities (2009) 24 copies

The Rise and Fall of Childhood (1982) 21 copies

The Secularization of Early Modern England: From Religious Culture to Religious Faith (1992) 17 copies

Religion in the National Agenda: What We Mean by Religious, Spiritual, Secular (2009) 15 copies

The News Revolution in England: Cultural Dynamics of Daily Information (1996) 8 copies

The Discovery of Childhood in Puritan England (1992) 5 copies

Popular religion in Restoration England (1977) 3 copies

Geschiedenis van het kind (1992) 2 copies

Religion in the National Agenda 1 copy

The News Revolution in England 1 copy

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The Family in History; Interdisciplinary Essays (Harper Torchbooks, Tb 1757) (1973) — Contributor — 34 copies, 1 review

Chinese Views of Childhood (1995) — Contributor — 16 copies

Reader's Guide to British History (2003) — Contributor — 6 copies

Biographical dictionary of British radicals in the seventeenth century (1982) — Contributor — 3 copies

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