Placing the Enlightenment : thinking geographically about the age of reason / Charles W.J. Withers.

Author/creator Withers, Charles W. J.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Descriptionxiii, 330 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
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Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [273]-314) and index.
LCCN 2006032563
ISBN9780226904054 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226904059 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks B802 .W58 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold