Visions of the future : almanacs, time, and cultural change, 1775-1870

Historians have long puzzled over the 'death' of astrology at the end of the 17th century. Perkins demonstrates that astrology found expression in almanacs, and goes on to consider why predicting the future became categorized as superstition.

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Visions of the future
1. Verfasser:
Perkins, Maureen
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Clarendon, 1996.
Zusammenfassung:
Historians have long puzzled over the 'death' of astrology at the end of the 17th century. Perkins demonstrates that astrology found expression in almanacs, and goes on to consider why predicting the future became categorized as superstition.
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 270 p.) : ill., facsims.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780191671302 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
Almanacs > History.
Almanacs, Australian > History.
Future, The, in popular culture > History.
Forecasting > History.
Calendars > History.
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Almanacs, Directories & Yearbooks - General
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