Imperial Paradoxes: Training the Senses and Tasting the Eighteenth Century Volume 83

by Memorial University of Newfoundland and Robert James Merrett

At war for sixty years, eighteenth-century Britain and France experienced demographic, social, and economic exchanges despite their imperial rivalry. Paradoxically, this rivalry spurred their participation in scientific and industrial developments. Their shared interest in standards of living and cultural practices was fuelled by migration and philosophical exchanges that reciprocally transmitted the values of urban geography, medicine, teaching,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228006848
• ISBN13: 9780228006848
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 384 Pages