Exploring European frontiers : British travellers in the age of enlightenment

Casanova's belief that England 'is different in every aspect from the rest of Europe' was increasingly shared in the eighteenth century by England's body politic. But just what was it that made it - or, indeed, not just England but Britain more generally - different? Swelling patriotism led increasing numbers of British travellers to comb the far reaches of Europe and make assessments, comparisons, analyses and judgements about the relative state of civility between themselves and their neighbours. This study examines a range of British travellers' perceptions of Europe and charts their quests to explore and contrast far-flung European frontiers - to Lapland, to the eastern provinces of the Russian empire, the Levant. Using a wide range of eighteenth-century travel accounts, Dolan demonstrates how these narratives were often informed by and designed to address contemporary historical and scientific assessments of the status of modern European civilisation.

著者

Dolan Brian (Director of Service Improvement and Patient Flow Canterbury District Health Board Christchurch New Zealand; Director Dolan & Holt Consultancy Ltd. UK; Vice Chair RCN Emergency Care Association UK King's college Hospital London)、 Dolan Brian (Research Lecturer Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine University of East Anglia)、 Dolan Edward Ken (Wesleyan University)、 Dolan Edward、Dolan Brian

出版社

Macmillan;St. Martin's Press

発売日

2000年1月発売

価格

価格未定（税込・書誌情報提供：openBD）

ISBN

9780333789872

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