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Placing the Enlightenment thinking geographically about the age of reason

Title
Placing the Enlightenment [electronic resource] : thinking geographically about the age of reason / Charles W.J. Withers.
Author
Withers, Charles W. J.
Publication
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.

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Description
1 online resource (xiii, 330 p., 12 p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
Uniform Title
Placing the Enlightenment (Online)
Alternative Title
Placing the Enlightenment (Online)
Subject
  • Enlightenment
  • Philosophy, Modern > 18th century
  • Geography
  • Space
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-314) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: the Enlightenment--questions of geography -- Geographies of the Enlightenment -- The Enlightenment in national context -- Above and beyond the nation : cosmopolitan networks -- Doing Enlightenment : local sites and social spaces -- Geographical knowledge and the Enlightenment world -- Exploring, traveling, mapping -- Encountering the physical world -- Geographies of human difference -- Geography in the Enlightenment -- Geography and the book -- Geography in practice -- Spaces and forms of geographical sociability -- Conclusion: the Enlightenmen--questions of geography.
LCCN
2006032563
OCLC
ssj0000222088
Author
Withers, Charles W. J.
Title
Placing the Enlightenment [electronic resource] : thinking geographically about the age of reason / Charles W.J. Withers.
Imprint
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-314) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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