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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brant, Clare, 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge : Boydell Press, 2017.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Hot air balloons > History.
Balloons > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Ballooning > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Ballooning > Social aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Montgolfières > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Hot air balloons.
Ballooning.
Balloons.
Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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