- 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
- 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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