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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.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 330 p., 12 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-314) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Enlightenment.
Philosophy, Modern -- 18th century.
Geography.
Space.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780226904054 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226904059 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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