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The Material Cultures of Enlightenment Arts and Sciences
Adriana Craciun
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Description for The Material Cultures of Enlightenment Arts and Sciences
Hardback. Editor(s): Schaffer, Simon. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 338 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 305 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
In this book the eighteenth century Enlightenment receives an important reassessment, using an astonishing range of materials and objects drawn from Europe and beyond, including artefacts from India and China, West Africa and Polynesia. A series of authoritative essays written by experts in the field explores the full range of material culture in the long eighteenth century, raising crucial questions about notions of property and invention, homely and commercial lives. The book also includes a series of well-illustrated exhibits, a startling and provocative assemblage of objects from the Enlightenment world, each accompanied by expert commentaries. The collection of essays and ... Read more
In this book the eighteenth century Enlightenment receives an important reassessment, using an astonishing range of materials and objects drawn from Europe and beyond, including artefacts from India and China, West Africa and Polynesia. A series of authoritative essays written by experts in the field explores the full range of material culture in the long eighteenth century, raising crucial questions about notions of property and invention, homely and commercial lives. The book also includes a series of well-illustrated exhibits, a startling and provocative assemblage of objects from the Enlightenment world, each accompanied by expert commentaries. The collection of essays and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print
Condition
New
Weight
669g
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137445797
SKU
V9781137445797
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99-15
About Adriana Craciun
Adriana Craciun is University of California Presidential Chair at the University of California, Riverside, USA. She has previously taught at the University of London and the University of Nottingham. She is the author of numerous works on British literature and culture, the history of exploration and Arctic studies. Simon Schaffer is Professor of History of Science at the University ... Read more
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