Placing the Enlightenment : thinking geographically about the age of reason / Charles W.J. Withers.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Withers, Charles W. J.
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Subjects:
Enlightenment.
Philosophy, Modern > 18th century.
Geography.
Space.
Physical Description:xiii, 330 pages, 12 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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.