{"product_id":"a-place-for-everything-the-curious-history-of-alphabetical-order-9781541675070","title":"A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times-\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling historian comes the story of how the alphabet ordered our world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Place for Everything\u003c\/i\u003e is the first-ever history of alphabetization, from the Library of Alexandria to Wikipedia. The story of alphabetical order has been shaped by some of history's most compelling characters, such as industrious and enthusiastic early adopter Samuel Pepys and dedicated alphabet champion Denis Diderot. But though even George Washington was a proponent, many others stuck to older forms of classification -- Yale listed its students by their family's social status until 1886. And yet, while the order of the alphabet now rules -- libraries, phone books, reference books, even the order of entry for the teams at the Olympic Games -- it has remained curiously invisible.\u003cbr\u003eWith abundant inquisitiveness and wry humor, historian Judith Flanders traces the triumph of alphabetical order and offers a compendium of Western knowledge, from A to Z.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541675070\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Judith Flanders","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36658435162268,"sku":"9781541675070","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9ab939c1-d2e5-4a37-9000-f49ae1f11e40.jpg?v=1603892887","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-place-for-everything-the-curious-history-of-alphabetical-order-9781541675070","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}