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The geographies of Enlightenment Edinburgh / Phil Dodds.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dodds, Phil, author.
- Series:
- Studies in the eighteenth century
- Studies in the eighteenth century, 2398-9904
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enlightenment--Scotland--Edinburgh.
- Enlightenment.
- Historical geography.
- Booksellers and bookselling--Scotland--Edinburgh.
- Booksellers and bookselling.
- Geography in literature.
- Edinburgh (Scotland)--Historical geography.
- Edinburgh (Scotland).
- Edinburgh (Scotland)--History--18th century.
- Scotland--Edinburgh.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 366 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Woodbridge : The Boydell Press, 2022.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Planning: Edinburgh and the New Town
- 1. Projecting: Cadastral Mapping and the Genesis of the New Town
- 2. Combining: Mapping Old, New and Soon
- 3. Dividing: Properties of the Plan Beyond
- 4. Extending: Progress and the Enlightenment Capital
- pt. II Surveying: Edinburgh and its Environs
- 5. Counting: Political Arithmetic in the Parish of Cramond
- 6. Generalising: County Connections and Enclosures
- 7. Overviewing: Distant Perspectives in the Borders
- 8. Subscribing: Patronising Surveys and Provincial Libraries
- pt. III Travelling: Edinburgh and the Nation
- 9. Piecing: Pre- and Post-Tour Epistles for Thomas Pennant's Scotland
- 10. Improving: Robert Heron's Journey through the Commerce of Print
- 11. Moving: Sarah Murray and her Travelling Readers
- 12. Trading: Routes in Scotland
- pt. IV Compiling: Edinburgh and the World
- 13. Summarising: Global Knowledge in an Elite High School
- 14. Supplementing: The Encyclopcedia Britannica's Sources
- 15. Accessioning: The Family Collection
- 16. Institutionalising: Edinburgh Medical Students and Surgeons' Societies in the Nineteenth-Century World.
- Notes:
- "Published in association with BSECS, British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-349) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Dodds, Philip Andrew. Geographies of enlightenment Edinburgh.
- ISBN:
- 1783277033
- 9781783277032
- OCLC:
- 1287200040
- Publisher Number:
- 99990917320
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