03535nam 22006854a 450 991078242450332120200520144314.01-281-96685-197866119668500-226-90407-510.7208/9780226904078(CKB)1000000000579816(EBL)408407(OCoLC)646784289(SSID)ssj0000222088(PQKBManifestationID)11197814(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000222088(PQKBWorkID)10168785(PQKB)11081468(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122051(MiAaPQ)EBC408407(DE-B1597)523378(OCoLC)1059025419(DE-B1597)9780226904078(Au-PeEL)EBL408407(CaPaEBR)ebr10266005(CaONFJC)MIL196685(EXLCZ)99100000000057981620061002d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPlacing the Enlightenment[electronic resource] thinking geographically about the age of reason /Charles W.J. WithersChicago University of Chicago Press20071 online resource (358 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-90405-9 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.The Enlightenment was the age in which the world became modern, challenging tradition in favor of reason, freedom, and critical inquiry. While many aspects of the Enlightenment have been rigorously scrutinized-its origins and motivations, its principal characters and defining features, its legacy and modern relevance-the geographical dimensions of the era have until now largely been ignored. Placing the Enlightenment 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 conceEnlightenmentPhilosophy, Modern18th centuryGeographySpacehistory, historical geography, geographical, enlightenment, age of reason, spatial dimensions, space, location, politics, religion, national identity, navigation, discovery, knowledge, human condition, philosophy, 18th century, social spaces, cosmopolitan networks, exploring, traveling, mathematical cosmography, university, stadial theory, liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, humanism.Enlightenment.Philosophy, ModernGeography.Space.910.9/033Withers Charles W. J1486099MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782424503321Placing the Enlightenment3850105UNINA