The Lure of the Sea: Discovery of the Seaside in the Western World 1750-1840, The (Penguin History)
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, WeBuyBooks, Lancashire, Waterfoot, [RE:4].
A slight tan to page edges Very Good: a copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Paperback, New edition. New edition.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, WeBuyBooks [50604927], Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom.
A slight tan to page edges Very Good: a copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day.

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19th century,anthropology,arts music and photography,christianity,cultural,customs and traditions,europe,france,home and garden,historical study and educational resources, In the French canton of Brienne in November 1799, local authorities were scandalized when a crowd of girls broke through the doors of the church and rang the bells in order to mark the festival of St. Catherine. Religious use of the bells was forbidden by law, but the villagers boldly insisted on their right to celebrate with peals the feast of a beloved saint. So begins Village Bells, Alain Corbin's exploration of the "auditory landscape" of nineteenth-century France, a story of lost sensory experiences and forgotten passions. In the nineteenth century, these instruments were symbols of their towns and objects of both ecclesiastic and civic pride. Bell-ringing served practical purposes of communication, marking both religious and secular time, as well as calling citizens to pray, assemble, take arms, or beware of danger. As Corbin shows, the bells also reflected the social, political, and religious struggles of the time. To control the bells was to control the symbolic order, rhythm, and loyalties of French village and country life.Using church archives and local documents, Corbin forges a unique history of the role of bells from the aftermath of the Revolution to the dawn of the twentieth century. He charts how the First Republic (1792–1804) moved toward a more secular society, turning many bells into coins and cannonballs and seizing others as property of the state. A gradual return to the religious use of bells occurred in the nineteenth century, even as th.

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18th century,19th century,earth sciences,europe,geography,history,humor and entertainment,modern (16th-21st centuries),nature and ecology,science and math, The Lure of the Sea: The Discovery of the Seaside in the Western World, Once seen as a dark and sinister force, the domain of monsters, the sea was associated with catastrophe and fear by many Europeans prior to the eighteenth century. Alain Corbin's engaging book reveals how attitudes toward the ocean gradually began to shift from the negative to the positive, so that by the mid-1800s our present-day salubrious notion of the seashore had come into being.Going back to ancient times, Corbin describes conceptions of the sea in relationship to how people thought and felt about their place in the world. He then shows how the Enlightenment and changing attitudes in science, literature, and art affected notions of the sea. Ocean bathing came to be seen as therapeutic, the sea was linked with the creation of life, and the shore became a locale for self-exploration and reverie. Discovery of the seaside had political, economic, and social effects, too. The shore as a place of pleasure led to the rapid growth of British coastal towns such as Brighton, followed by other resorts in Europe. All of this Corbin lays out in wonderful detail, blending history, theory, and anecdote into an absorbing whole.The Lure of the Sea suggests the fashioning of a modern sensibility in the West's discovery of the shore-one that is health-conscious and intent on regeneration through vigorous contact with nature. Written by one of today's most literate and imaginative historians, it offers an inviting cultural excursion for scholars and general read.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Books & Bygones.
London: Picador. Good. 1994. Reprint. Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall 0-330-32930-8 307 pages. Read it if you dare: nothing you stick your nose into will ever be the same! .

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Gleebooks [619167], Sydney, NSW, Australia.
vii, 307pp., notes, index. Age toned text block. Browned edges. Mild wear and markings to the covers. Lightly creased spine.(BH).

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