Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
xxiv, 323 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, genealogical table ; 25 cm |
Note |
"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Allen Lane, London."--Title page verso. |
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. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Subject |
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.
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Potters -- England -- Biography.
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Abolitionists -- England -- Biography.
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Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795. (OCoLC)fst00007421
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Potters. (OCoLC)fst01073567
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Online version: Hunt, Tristram, 1974- Radical potter. First U.S. edition New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2021 9781250128355 (DLC) 2021028588 |
ISBN |
9781250128348 (hardcover) |
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125012834X (hardcover) |
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9781250128355 (ebook) |
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