Placing the Enlightenment : thinking geographically about the age of reason / Charles W. J. Withers.
Pubblicazione:
Chicago : The University of Chicago press, 2007.
Descrizione fisica:
XIII, 330 p., [12] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: List of illustrations. Preface and acknowledgments. 1. Introduction: the Enlightenment, questions of geography. Pt. 1. Geographies of the Enlightenment: 2. The Enlightenment in national context 3. Above and beyond the nation: cosmopolitan networks 4. Doing Enlightenment: local sites and social spaces. Pt. 2. Geographical knowledge and the Enlightenment world: 5. Exploring, traveling, mapping 6. Encountering the physical world 7. Geographies of human difference. Pt. 3. Geography in the Enlightenment: 8. Geography and the book 9. Geography in practice 10. Spaces and forms of geographical sociability 11. Conclusion: the Enlightenment, questions of geography. Notes. Bibliography. Index
