Arts and Minds : How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation /

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"For almost 300 years, an organisation has quietly tried to change almost every aspect of life in Britain. That organisation is the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, often known simply as the Royal Society of Arts. It has acted as Britain's private nat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howes, Anton (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) > Influence.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain > General.
Research institutes > Great Britain > Influence.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Patrons of the Nation
  • Exciting an Emulation
  • Peculiar Genius
  • Jack of All Trades
  • The Greatest Beauty for the Greatest Number
  • For the Masses, by the Masses
  • A System to Force down the General Throat
  • An Education for the Whole People
  • A Society Against Ugliness
  • "Society of Snobs"
  • Rise of the Managers
  • Furious Brainstorming
  • Building a Social Movement?

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