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The radical potter : the life and times of Josiah Wedgwood / Tristram Hunt.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250128348
  • ISBN: 125012834X
  • Physical Description: xxiv, 323 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Allen Lane, London."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.
Potters > England > Biography.
Abolitionists > England > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Harbaugh-Thomas Library (Biglerville) BIOG WEDG-J (Text) 35740635783863 Biography Available -
Mason-Dixon Public Library Adults WEDGWOOD Biography (Text) 34262000767034 Main Room Available -
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 92 WED HUN 2021 (Text) 31001101835933 Adult Biography Available -
Bethlehem Main Library B WEDGWOOD (Text) 33062009518565 Adult Biography Available -


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