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1008105
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b762475
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Withers, Charles W. J.
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Placing the Enlightenment : : thinking geographically about the age of reason /\ Charles W.J. Withers.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2007.
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1 online resource (xiii, 330 pages, 12 pages of plates) :: illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
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| ISBN
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0226904075
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: 1281966851
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: 6611966854
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: 9780226904078
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: 9781281966858
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: 9786611966850
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0226904059
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9780226904054
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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The Enlightenment was the age in which the world became modern challenging tradition in favor of reason, freedom, and critical inquiry. This work contends that the Age of Reason was not only a period of pioneering geographical investigation but also an age with spatial dimensions to its content and concerns.
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Enlightenment.
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Geography.
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Philosophy, Modern-- 18th century.
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Space.
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Enlightenment.
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Geography.
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Geography.
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History of ideas.
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History of science.
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Philosophy, Modern.
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Science: general issues.
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Society.
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Space.
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TRAVEL-- Budget.
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TRAVEL-- Hikes Walks.
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TRAVEL-- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL-- Parks Campgrounds.
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TRAVEL-- Reference.
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TRAVEL-- Road Travel.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Adventure.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Ecotourism.
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Geografie.
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Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
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| Dewey Classification
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910.9/033
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| LC Classification
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B802.W58 2007eb
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