Bibliograph

The radical potter, the life and times of Josiah Wedgwood, Tristram Hunt

Type

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The radical potter, the life and times of Josiah Wedgwood, Tristram Hunt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsplatesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The radical potter

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1258041378

Responsibility statement

Tristram Hunt

Sub title

the life and times of Josiah Wedgwood

Summary

"From one of Britain's leading historians and the director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, a scintillating biography of Josiah Wedgwood, the celebrated eighteenth-century potter, entrepreneur, and abolitionist."--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

This Rugged Pott-Making Spot of Earth -- I Saw the Field was Spacious -- A Grateful Heart -- A Name Has a Wonderful Effect -- The Arts of Etruria are Reborn -- That Island of Wisdom, Courage and Virtue -- Machines of Men -- This Enlightened Age -- The Subject of Freedom -- The Inclination of the Scales

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