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.