The Order of Things: Hierarchies, Structures, and Pecking Orders - Hardcover

Kipfer, Barbara Ann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679444785 ISBN 13: 9780679444787

Publisher: Random House Reference, 1996

Synopsis

Filled with facts, The Order of Things organizes all knowledge in an interesting and visual way, offering the reader a comprehensive scheme or storyboard of the world.

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Review:

Barbara Ann Kipfer has outdone herself with the taxonomy of the world's everything. Organized by subject (such as "Life Sciences," "Technology," "Religion," "General Knowledge," and "The Arts"), life's schema and constructs spell out the various ways man orders his existence. Take "Domestic Life," for example. It lists anniversary gifts (paper for the 1st, tin for the 10th), birthday stones, and zodiac qualities, clothing sizes (coats, shirts, shoes, socks, and such for men, women, and children, by U.S., U.K., and European systems), luggage sizes (steamer trunk to cosmetic case), and kitchen tools by type of use. Gem cuts are illustrated, bed sizes are charted (with dimensions) from crib to California king, and steel wool grades are defined, from super fine to extra coarse. The only notable omission from The Order of Things: How Everything in the World is Organized into Hierarchies, Structures, and Pecking Orders is The Order of Things itself, which belongs foremost among the world's great reference books. --Stephanie Gold

From the Back Cover:

"A browser's delight and a definite reference 'must'."
--Ralph Hollenbeck, King Features Syndicate

"Start with Kipfer, who understands the unbearable frustration of unanswered questions."
--The Dallas Morning News

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Reference
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0679444785
• ISBN 13: 9780679444787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 389