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Author:
Hunt, Tristram, 1974- author.
Title:
The radical potter : the life and times of Josiah Wedgwood / Tristram Hunt.
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publisher:
Metropolitan BooksHenry Holt and Company,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
xxiv, 323 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical table ; 25 cm
Subject:
Wedgwood, Josiah,--1730-1795.
Potters--England--Biography.
Abolitionists--England--Biography.
Biographies.
Notes:
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Allen Lane, London."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
ISBN:
125012834X
9781250128348
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1258041378
LCCN:
2021028587
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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