Eighteenth-century Thing Theory In A Global Context

While the connected, international character of today¿s art economy is well known, the 18th century too had global systems of artistic production and consumption. <i>Eighteenth-Century Art Worlds </i>is the first book to create a global map...

In this timely collection, teacher-scholars of 'the long eighteenth century', a Euro-centric timeframe from about 1680 to 1832, consider what teaching means in this historical moment: one of attacks on education, a global contagion, and a reckoning...

* Shows how Britain became the leading European imperial state, and, at the same time, the most economically and socially advanced, politically liberal and religiously tolerant nation in Europe. * Covers political, social, cultural, economic and religious...

A groundbreaking volume that unites eighteenth-century studies and the environmental humanities, showcasing how these fields can vibrantly benefit one another. Contributors explore timely themes and topics such as climate change, new materialisms, the...