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Swanendael, the first communal experiment in America, was established in 1663 by Mennonites from Holland. The scant records available on the community show that 41 people, led by Pieter Cornelisz Plockhoy, settled in an area near Lewes, Delaware, in the late summer. These "souls," as they were called, shared all things in common, refused to keep slaves, practiced religious toleration for all but Catholics and "stiff-necked Quakers," and had the first free school in the New World.

This history traces the development of knowledge-collecting from early humans, whose minds served as repositories of culture and lore, through the first libraries and encyclopedias, to the many advances of the twentieth century. From Diderot's encyclopedia, to anonymous librarians of the ancient world, the people who created information storage systems and the systems themselves are all presented. Fully indexed.

When the first Westerners reached China, they described it as a land of unusual wealth, but by the 1850s, the country had become very poor. This is a comprehensive history of exploration and trade in China between Westerners and Chinese, including a chronology of Chinese history.