{"product_id":"collecting-the-world-hans-sloane-and-the-origins-of-the-british-museum-paperback","title":"Collecting the World: Hans Sloane and the Origins of the British Museum - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Delbourgo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Leo Gershoy Award\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Louis Gottschalk Prize\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Week\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wonderfully intelligent book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Linda Colley \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A superb biography--humane, judicious and as passionately curious as Sloane himself.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the British Museum opened its doors in 1759, it was the first free national public museum in the world. \u003ci\u003eCollecting the World\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the eccentric collector whose thirst for universal knowledge brought it into being. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man of insatiable curiosity and wide-ranging interests, Hans Sloane assembled a collection of antiquities, oddities, and artifacts from around the British Empire. It became the most famous cabinet of curiosities of its time. With few curbs on his passion, he established a network of agents to supply him with objects from China, India, the Caribbean, and beyond. Wampum beads, rare manuscripts, a shoe made of human skin: nothing was off limits, regardless of its human cost. The first biography of Sloane based on his complete writings, \u003ci\u003eCollecting the World\u003c\/i\u003e portrays one of the Enlightenment's most original and controversial luminaries. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Engrossing...situates Sloane within the welter of intellectual and political crosscurrents that marked his times.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A magnificent scholarly coup and an enthralling read... It conveys the excitement of original research as well as the thrill of tracking exotic curiosities to their source.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This book is a fitting tribute to [Sloane's] contradiction-riven life. \u003ci\u003eCollecting the World\u003c\/i\u003e is about the torment of slavery, and it's about buttered muffins and about snakes shot on boats. It teaches us about how we know, how we organize and discipline our knowledge.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756871614752,"sku":"9780674237483","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3f97cb4699f097423e5ba40f2a9864bb.webp?v=1780088257","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/collecting-the-world-hans-sloane-and-the-origins-of-the-british-museum-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}