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1 online resource (228 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-213) and index. |
| Contents |
The world in libraries -- The idea of history -- the art of classification -- Inclusions, exclusions and major patterns of book dissemination -- Worlds nearby and worlds distant -- The world in books -- Africa -- Asia -- Russia -- America. |
| Summary |
During the Enlightenment, other peoples, and also their cultures, were much discussed, with debates often focusing on their value as human beings and the level of tolerance that they were to be granted. Books on 'outer worlds', classified in libraries as historia, were an integral part of these deliberations as they conveyed distinct perceptions of peoples and places to their readers. This book explores how the broader world was presented to a Norwegian audience by means of both statistical analysis of books on 'the other' in Enlightenment libraries and consideration of how peoples were portrayed in bestselling works. Intriguingly, book distribution was very uneven, and the views that the bestsellers promoted were as multifaceted as the Enlightenment itself, with the texts expressing both prejudice and admiration, depending on the identity of the author and thee very context in which they were written. --Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Libraries -- Norway -- History -- 18th century.
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Libraries. |
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Norway. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Enlightenment -- Norway.
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Enlightenment. |
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Geography -- Study and teaching -- Norway -- History -- 18th century.
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Geography -- Study and teaching. |
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Norway -- Civilization -- 18th century.
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Civilization. |
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Norway -- Foreign relations -- History -- 18th century.
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International relations. |
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Diplomatic relations. |
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HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dahl, Gina. Libraries and enlightenment. Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, 2014 9788771243505 (OCoLC)894313024 |
| ISBN |
9788771248173 (electronic book) |
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877124817X (electronic book) |
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9788771243505 |
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877124350X |
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