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Terra incognita : a history of ignorance in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Alain Corbin ; translated by Susan Pickford.

Author/creator Corbin, Alain author.
Other author/creatorPickford, Susan, translator.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2021]
Descriptionvii, 227 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Science--Social aspects --History --18th century.
Science--Social aspects --History --19th century.
Ignorance (Theory of knowledge)--Social aspects.
Uniform titleTerra incognita: Une histoire de l'ignorance XVIIIe-XIXe siècle. English
Abstract "A leading historian opens up a new terrain for understanding the past: the history of ignorance"-- Provided by publisher.
General note"Originally published in French as Terra Incognita: Une histoire de l'ignorance. XVIIIe-XIXe siècle (c) Editions Albin Michel - Paris 2020."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Corbin, Alain. Terra incognita Cambridge ; Medford : Polity Press, [2021] 9781509546275
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2020055368
ISBN9781509546251 hardback
ISBN1509546251 hardback
ISBN9781509546268 paperback
ISBN150954626X paperback
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