Pearl, Jason (2018) Book review: balloon madness: flights of imagination in Britain, 1783-1786 by Clare Brant. LSE Review of Books (11 Jan 2018). Website.
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In Balloon Madness: Flights of Imagination in Britain, 1783-1786, Clare Brant explores the booming popularity of the hot air balloon in Britain following the launch of a technology that made possible the dream of human flight. Full of lively personalities and striking anecdotes drawn from Brant’s thorough archival research, this book is a fascinating and comprehensive account of the impact of ‘balloonomania’ on British print and visual culture, writes Jason Pearl.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2018 15:56 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 13:28 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/88228 |
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