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Summary: | In 1660, England was a cultural wasteland. Historian John Brewer charts the growth of the literary and artistic milieus later amplified in cofeehouses, libraries, pleasure gardens, and theaters. Brewer offers a radical reconsideration of the roots of modernity in a crucial century poised between the old ways and the new world to come. of color plates.
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Item Description: | Originally published: United Kingdom : HarperCollins, 1997. |
Physical Description: | xxx, 721 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 667-691) and index. |
ISBN: | 0374234582 |