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A surprising history of the index
Historian Dennis Duncan guides us through singular stories from the history of the book index
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The index, the bit at the back of a book you mostly only turn to for reference, has a bit of a dowdy reputation – and it’s an unfair one. Dennis Duncan discusses the index’s surprising history: one that has saved heretics from the stake, kept politicians from office and proved a battleground for snarky academic rivalries.
Dennis Duncan is the author of Index, A Brief History of the (Allen Lane, 2021)
