Thinking Matter - Materialism in Eighteenth Century Britain

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Eighteenth-Century Engravings and Visual History in Britain 1032153644, 9781032153643
Eighteenth-Century Engravings and Visual History in Britain 1032153644, 9781032153643

Extending the scholarly discussion of visual history, this book examines eighteenth-century engraved book illustrations

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The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9780300159424
The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9780300159424

The idea of progress stood at the very center of the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Britain, closely linked to

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Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9780300245424
Rotten Bodies: Class and Contagion in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9780300245424

A revealing look at how the memory of the plague held the poor responsible for epidemic disease in eighteenth-century Br

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Eighteenth Century Britain: Religion and Politics 1714-1815 1317866487, 9781317866480
Eighteenth Century Britain: Religion and Politics 1714-1815 1317866487, 9781317866480

The church of the eighteenth century was still reeling in the wake of the huge religious upheavals of the two previous c

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A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain 0631218378, 9780631218371
A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain 0631218378, 9780631218371

This authoritative Companion introduces readers to the developments that lead to Britain becoming a great world power, t

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India in the Eighteenth Century
India in the Eighteenth Century

The 18th century is unfolded with a view of acquainting the lay reader and the professed student of history with the for

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Enlightened Animals in Eighteenth-Century Art: Sensation, Matter, and Knowledge 9781350203587, 9781350203617, 9781350203594
Enlightened Animals in Eighteenth-Century Art: Sensation, Matter, and Knowledge 9781350203587, 9781350203617, 9781350203594

How do our senses help us to understand the world? This question, which preoccupied Enlightenment thinkers, also emerged

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Misogynous Economies : The Business of Literature in Eighteenth-Century Britain [1 ed.] 9780813156538, 9780813121161
Misogynous Economies : The Business of Literature in Eighteenth-Century Britain [1 ed.] 9780813156538, 9780813121161

The eighteenth century saw the birth of the concept of literature as business: literature critiqued and promoted capital

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Eating the Empire : Food and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain [1 ed.] 9781789142457, 9781789142075
Eating the Empire : Food and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain [1 ed.] 9781789142457, 9781789142075

When students gathered in a London coffeehouse and smoked tobacco; when Yorkshire women sipped sugar-infused tea; or whe

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The Invention of the Oral: Print Commerce and Fugitive Voices in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9780226457017
The Invention of the Oral: Print Commerce and Fugitive Voices in Eighteenth-Century Britain 9780226457017

Just as today’s embrace of the digital has sparked interest in the history of print culture, so in eighteenth-century Br

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