Lessons of travel in eighteenth-century France : from Grand Tour to school trips / Gábor Gelléri.
| Author/creator | Gelléri, Gábor, 1976- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Woodbridge : The Boydell Press : published in association with BSECS, 2020. |
| Description | 1 online resource (viii, 235 pages.). |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in the eighteenth century, 2398-9904 Studies in the eighteenth century. ^A1379707 |
| Contents | Introduction : on reading arts of travel -- Defining the Grand Tour -- From touring to training : the case of diplomacy 1680-1830 -- Trading with men, dealing with God : abbé Pluche's ideas on travel -- Travelling on a Moebius strip : Émile's travels -- The end of an era? : the prize contest of the Academy of Lyon (1785-87) -- Inventing school trips? : revolutionary programmes of collective educational travel |
| Subject | "Early modern educational travel is usually associated with the Grand Tour: a young nobleman's journey through the established highlights of Europe. Lessons of Travel presents how, in eighteenth-century France, this practice was heavily contested, and the idea of educational travel had far wider implications. Through the study of a huge range of both canonical and little-known sources discussing "the art of travel", from abbe Pluche's educational best seller, The Spectacle of Nature, through Rousseau's Emile to practical prospectuses for collective educational travel in the revolutionary period, Gelleri investigates what it meant to 'think about travels' in eighteenth-century France. Consideration of who should travel and for what purpose, he argues, contributed to an international intellectual tradition but also provided a pretext for debate on the social status quo, including such issues as the place of the merchant class, the necessity for professional training, the uses of travel for young women and the education of a new generation of citizens of the Revolution"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-226) and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record. |
| Issued in other form | Online version Gelléri, Gábor, 1976- Lessons of travel in eighteenth-century France Woodbridge : The Boydell Press : published in association with BSECS, 2020 9781787445772 |
| Issued in other form | Original 1783274360 9781783274369 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| ISBN | 9781787445772 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 1787445771 (electronic bk.) |
| Stock number | 3-239-9781787445772 Ingram Content Group |
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