The Sublime Invention

Ballooning in Europe, 1783–1820

Michael R Lynn (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

256 Seiten

2010
Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84893-016-2 (ISBN)

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Ballooning, like the Enlightenment, was a Europe-wide movement and a massive cultural phenomenon. Lynn argues that in order to understand the importance of science during the age of the Enlightenment and Atlantic revolutions, it is crucial to explain how and why ballooning entered and stayed in the public consciousness.

Lynn, Michael R

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Emergence of Aeronautics; Chapter 2 The Enlightenment and the Utility of Ballooning; Chapter 3 Balloonists and their Audience; Chapter 4 Controlling the Skies: States and Balloons; Chapter 5 Consuming Balloons; Chapter 6 Balloons Inspiring Consumption; conclusion Conclusion: Romanticizing Enlightened Balloons;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.5.2010
Reihe/Serie	The Enlightenment World
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Naturwissenschaften
	Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	1-84893-016-X / 184893016X
ISBN-13	978-1-84893-016-2 / 9781848930162
Zustand	Neuware