The Imagined Empire : Balloon Enlightenments in Revolutionary Europe /

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"The hot-air balloon, invented by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783, launched for the second time just days before the Treaty of Paris would end the American Revolutionary War. The ascent in Paris--a technological marvel witnessed by a diverse crowd that included Benjamin Franklin--highlighted c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kim, Mi Gyung
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Revolutions.
Enlightenment.
SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > History.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
TRANSPORTATION > Aviation > History.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
Montgolfieres > Aspect social > Europe > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Revolutions > Europe > Histoire > 18e siecle.
Siecle des Lumieres.
Hot air balloons > Social aspects > Europe > History > 18th century.
Ballooning > Social aspects > Europe > History > 18th century.
Revolutions > Europe > History > 18th century.
Europe.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Color Plates follow page
  • pt. I INVENTION IN THEATRICAL POLITY
  • 1.A Rupture of the Equilibrium
  • 2. Balloon Transcripts
  • 3. True Columbus
  • pt. II PHILOSOPHICAL NATION
  • 4. Balloon Spectators
  • 5. Fermentation and Discipline
  • 6. Provincial Citizens and Their Nations
  • 7. The Fall of a National Artifact
  • pt. III MATERIAL EMPIRE
  • Color Plates follow page
  • 8. Modern Atlantis
  • 9. Crossing the Channel
  • 10.A Liminal Geography.

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