‘How to do things with books’: Quentin Skinner and the dissemination of ideas

History of European Ideas 35 (2):276-280 (2009)
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This is one of a number of talks given on 23 May 2008 in the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge, on the occasion of Quentin Skinner's retirement from the Regius Professorship of Modern History. No attempt has been made to disguise the origins of this piece, or its festal tone, and any statistics quoted reflect the position as of 1 May 2008.

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10.1016/j.histeuroideas.2008.11.001

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