The wreckage of intentions : projects in British culture, 1660-1730

The wreckage of intentions : projects in British culture, 1660-1730 / David Alff.

The Wreckage of Intentions offers a comprehensive account of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century projects--concrete yet incomplete efforts to advance British society during a period defined by revolutions in finance and agriculture, the rise of experimental science, and the establishment of constitu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alff, David (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2017]
Series:Alembics.
Subjects:
1600-1799
English literature > 17th century > History and criticism.
English literature > 18th century > History and criticism.
Industrial development projects > England > History > 17th century.
Industrial development projects > England > History > 18th century.
Scientific literature > England > History > 17th century.
Scientific literature > England > History > 18th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Civilization
English literature
Industrial development projects
Scientific literature
Englisch
Literatur
Projekt
Innovation
England > Civilization > 17th century.
England > Civilization > 18th century.
England
Großbritannien
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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