Cargando…

Balloon madness : flights of imagination in Britain, 1783-1786 /

"'All the world is mad about balloons' observers recorded during the craze in Britain that lasted from 1783 to 1786. Excitement about the new invention spread rapidly, inspiring hopes, visions, fashions, celebrations, satires, imaginary heroics and real adventures. In this sparkling a...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brant, Clare, 1960- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2017.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 JSTOR_on1015888322
003 OCoLC
005 20231005004200.0
006 m o d
007 cr cnu---unuuu
008 171219s2017 enkabf ob 001 0 eng d
040 |a N$T  |b eng  |e rda  |e pn  |c N$T  |d JSTOR  |d YDX  |d NLE  |d EBLCP  |d IDB  |d U3W  |d AU@  |d OCLCF  |d OCL  |d OCLCQ  |d OCLCO  |d OCLCQ  |d INARC 
019 |a 1012134055 
020 |a 9781787441286  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 1787441288  |q (electronic bk.) 
020 |a 9781787441279 
020 |a 178744127X 
020 |z 9781783272532 
020 |z 1783272538 
029 1 |a AU@  |b 000062578008 
035 |a (OCoLC)1015888322  |z (OCoLC)1012134055 
037 |a 22573/ctt1vhtjbm  |b JSTOR 
043 |a e-uk--- 
050 4 |a TL617  |b .B66 2017eb 
072 7 |a TEC  |x 009000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a HIS015000  |2 bisacsh 
072 7 |a HIS037050  |2 bisacsh 
082 0 4 |a 629.133/220941  |2 23 
049 |a UAMI 
100 1 |a Brant, Clare,  |d 1960-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Balloon madness :  |b flights of imagination in Britain, 1783-1786 /  |c Clare Brant. 
264 1 |a Woodbridge :  |b Boydell Press,  |c 2017. 
264 4 |c ©2017 
300 |a 1 online resource (x, 343 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) :  |b illustrations (some color), map 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a computer  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a online resource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-330) and index. 
520 8 |a "'All the world is mad about balloons' observers recorded during the craze in Britain that lasted from 1783 to 1786. Excitement about the new invention spread rapidly, inspiring hopes, visions, fashions, celebrations, satires, imaginary heroics and real adventures. In this sparkling account, Brant uses the brief moment of balloon madness as a way into a wide-ranging exploration of Enlightenment sensibility in Britain. She follows the craze as it travelled around the country, spread through crowds and shaped the daily lives and dreams of individuals. From the levity of fashion, political satire and light verse inspired by balloons, she shows how wonders of air and speed also connected with the deeper preoccupations and anxieties of eighteenth-century Britain. An aerial 'view from above' provided new moral perspectives on the place of humans in the universe and the nature of their aspirations; while the success of the French, leaders in aeronautics, unsettled national identity with visions of a new world order. The practical limitations of balloons soon put an end to one set of possibilities, but their effect on popular culture was more enduring, with meaning even today. With a cast including kings, politicians, charlatans, pickpockets, the beau monde, duellists and animals, Balloon Madness celebrates the excitement and fun of this brief but world-changing episode of history and its long afterlife in our imagination."--Amazon 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
505 0 |a Madness and balloons -- One man's balloon madness -- People and places -- Crowds, criminals and charlatans -- Fashion -- Satires -- Literature -- Monarchs -- Gods and heroes -- The sublime -- Aeronationalism -- War -- Back to Earth: parachutes and balloons in1785 and 1802 -- Ascending again: balloons in flights of imagination. 
590 |a JSTOR  |b Books at JSTOR Demand Driven Acquisitions (DDA) 
590 |a JSTOR  |b Books at JSTOR Evidence Based Acquisitions 
590 |a JSTOR  |b Books at JSTOR All Purchased 
650 0 |a Hot air balloons  |x History. 
650 0 |a Balloons  |z Great Britain  |x History  |y 18th century. 
650 0 |a Ballooning  |z Great Britain  |x History  |y 18th century. 
650 0 |a Ballooning  |x Social aspects  |z Great Britain  |x History  |y 18th century. 
651 0 |a Great Britain  |x History  |y 18th century. 
650 6 |a Montgolfières  |x Histoire. 
651 6 |a Grande-Bretagne  |x Histoire  |y 18e siècle. 
650 7 |a TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING  |x Engineering (General)  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a HISTORY  |z Europe  |z Great Britain.  |2 bisacsh 
650 7 |a Hot air balloons.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00961647 
650 7 |a Ballooning.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00826135 
650 7 |a Balloons.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst00826138 
651 7 |a Great Britain.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 
648 7 |a 1700-1799  |2 fast 
655 7 |a History.  |2 fast  |0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 
776 0 8 |i Print version:  |a Brant, Clare, 1960-  |t Balloon madness.  |d Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2017  |z 9781783272532  |w (OCoLC)975366476 
856 4 0 |u https://jstor.uam.elogim.com/stable/10.7722/j.ctt1vgwbwg  |z Texto completo 
938 |a Internet Archive  |b INAR  |n balloonmadnessfl0000bran 
938 |a EBL - Ebook Library  |b EBLB  |n EBL5061354 
938 |a EBSCOhost  |b EBSC  |n 1607109 
938 |a YBP Library Services  |b YANK  |n 15055026 
994 |a 92  |b IZTAP