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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kim, Mi Gyung
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Enlightenment.
Revolutions > Europe > History > 18th century.
Ballooning > Social aspects > Europe > History > 18th century.
Hot air balloons > Social aspects > Europe > History > 18th century.
Siècle des Lumières.
Révolutions > Europe > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Montgolfières > Aspect social > Europe > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Enlightenment (18th-century western movement)
TRANSPORTATION > Aviation > History.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
SCIENCE > History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SCIENCE > General.
Enlightenment
Revolutions
Europe
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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