Placing the Enlightenment : thinking geographically about the age of reason / Charles W.J. Withers.
By: Withers, Charles W. J
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TextPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007Description: xiii, 330 p., 12 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN: 9780226904054 (cloth : alk. paper); 0226904059 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Enlightenment | Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century | Geography | SpaceDDC classification: 910.9/033 LOC classification: B802 | .W58 2007Online resources: Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-314) and index.
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.
"Placing the Enlightenment contends that the Age of Reason was not only a period of pioneering geographical investigation but also an age with spatial dimensions to its content and concerns."--Jacket.
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