Author: William Fordyce MavorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
THE Geographical Magazine; OR A NEW, COPIOUS, COMPLEAT, AND UNIVERSAL SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY
Author: William Fordyce MavorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
The Geographical Magazine
Author: William Fordyce MavorEurope and the British Geographical Imagination, 1760-1830
Author: Paul StockPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198807112
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Europe and the British Geographical Imagination, 1760-1830 explores what literate British people understood by the word 'Europe' in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Was Europe unified by shared religious heritage? Where were the edges of Europe? Was Europe primarily a commercial network or were there common political practices too? Was Britain itself a European country? While intellectual history is concerned predominantly with prominent thinkers, Paul Stock traces the history of ideas in non-elite contexts, offering a detailed analysis of nearly 350 geographical reference works, textbooks, dictionaries, and encyclopaedias, which were widely read by literate Britons of all classes, and can reveal the formative ideas about Europe circulating in Britain: ideas about religion; the natural environment; race and other theories of human difference; the state; borders; the identification of the 'centre' and 'edges' of Europe; commerce and empire; and ideas about the past, progress, and historical change. By showing how these and other questions were discussed in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British culture, Europe and the British Geographical Imagination, 1760-1830 provides a thorough and much-needed historical analysis of Britain's enduringly complex intellectual relationship with Europe.
Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York
Author: American Geographical Society of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geography
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York
Author: Bulletin of the American Geographical Society
Author: American Geographical Society of New YorkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
A New and Complete System of Universal Geography
Author: John PaynePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genesee Region (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
The New Royal Geographical Magazine; Or, A Modern, Complete, Authentic, and Copious System of Universal Geography, Etc
Author: Esq. Michael Adams (of Lincoln's Inn.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1094
Book Description
The Business of Books
Author: James RavenPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300122616
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
In 1450 very few English men or women were personally familiar with a book; by 1850, the great majority of people daily encountered books, magazines, or newspapers. This book explores the history of this fundamental transformation, from the arrival of the printing press to the coming of steam. James Raven presents a lively and original account of the English book trade and the printers, booksellers, and entrepreneurs who promoted its development. Viewing print and book culture through the lens of commerce, Raven offers a new interpretation of the genesis of literature and literary commerce in England. He draws on extensive archival sources to reconstruct the successes and failures of those involved in the book trade—a cast of heroes and heroines, villains, and rogues. And, through groundbreaking investigations of neglected aspects of book-trade history, Raven thoroughly revises our understanding of the massive popularization of the book and the dramatic expansion of its markets over the centuries.
The History of the Book in the West: 1700–1800
Author: Eleanor F. ShevlinPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351888226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Influenced by Enlightenment principles and commercial transformations, the history of the book in the eighteenth century witnessed not only the final decades of the hand-press era but also developments and practices that pointed to its future: ’the foundations of modern copyright; a rapid growth in the publication, circulation, and reading of periodicals; the promotion of niche marketing; alterations to distribution networks; and the emergence of the publisher as a central figure in the book trade, to name a few.’ The pace and extent of these changes varied greatly within the different sociopolitical contexts across the western world. The volume’s twenty-four articles, many of which proffer broader theoretical implications beyond their specific focus, highlight the era’s range of developments. Complementing these articles, the introductory essay provides an overview of the eighteenth-century book and milestones in its history during this period while simultaneously identifying potential directions for new scholarship.