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Withers, Charles W. J.

Placing the Enlightenment thinking geographically about the age of reason / [electronic resource] : Charles W.J. Withers. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007. - xiii, 330 p., 12 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-314) and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Enlightenment.
Philosophy, Modern--18th century.
Geography.
Space.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: B802 / .W58 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 910.9/033