The Eighteenth Centuries Global Networks of Enlightenment

• Main Authors: Gies, David T, Wall, Cynthia
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Charlottesville University of Virginia Press 2018
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: 18th Century; Globalization-History-18th century; HISTORY; Modern

Today, when "globalization" is a buzzword invoked in nearly every realm, we turn back to the eighteenth century and witness the inherent globalization of its desires and, at times, its accomplishments. During the chronological eighteenth century, learning and knowledge were intimately conn...

Table of Contents:

• Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Introduction Enlightenment, Some Assembly Required An Inventory of the Estate of William Strahan in 1759 Understanding an Obscure Text: Introduction How Long Does Blood Last? Thomas Jefferson: The Jamaican Plantation: Introduction Emotional Geographies: Painting New England in the Dutch West Indies: Introduction Mozart and the American Revolution The Drama of Marriage in Eighteenth-Century Venice: Performances of Suffering and the Stagecraft of Sympathy The Aesthetics of Excess: About MapScholar Notes on Contributors Index
• Title Page, Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Knowledge and the Lives of Books Introduction Enlightenment, Some Assembly Required An Inventory of the Estate of William Strahan in 1759 Understanding an Obscure Text: The Fortunate Foundlings and the Limits of Interdisciplinarity Part II. Human Economies Introduction How Long Does Blood Last? Degeneration as Blanqueamiento in the Americas Thomas Jefferson: Breeding and Buying Horses, Connecting Family, Friends, and Neighbors The Jamaican Plantation: Industrial, Global, Contested Part III. Artists’ Geographies Introduction Emotional Geographies: Watteau and the Fate of Women Painting New England in the Dutch West Indies: John Greenwood’s Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam Part IV. Dramatic Politics Introduction Mozart and the American Revolution The Drama of Marriage in Eighteenth-Century Venice: Carlo Goldoni’s La locandiera Performances of Suffering and the Stagecraft of Sympathy The Aesthetics of Excess Rococo Vestiges of Tartuffe in Isla’s Father Gerundio About MapScholar Contributors Index
• Cover -- The Eighteenth Centuries -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Knowledge and the Lives of Books -- Introduction -- Enlightenment, Some Assembly Required -- An Inventory of the Estate of William Strahan in 1759 -- Understanding an Obscure Text -- Part II Human Economies -- Introduction -- How Long Does Blood Last? -- Thomas Jefferson -- The Jamaican Plantation -- Part III Artists' Geographies -- Introduction -- Emotional Geographies -- Painting New England in the Dutch West Indies -- Part IV Dramatic Politics -- Introduction -- Mozart and the American Revolution -- The Drama of Marriage in Eighteenth- Century Venice -- Performances of Suffering and the Stagecraft of Sympathy -- The Aesthetics of Excess -- About MapScholar -- Contributors -- Index