{"product_id":"arts-and-minds-9780691182643","title":"Arts and Minds","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of Tyler Cowen's Best Non-Fiction Books of 2020\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Lucid and scrupulously researched history.\"\u003cb\u003e---Henry Hitchings, \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A comedy about preposterous or earnest characters at work in an essentially virtuous institution.\"\u003cb\u003e---Matthew Sweet, \u003ci\u003eHistory Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I’ve greatly enjoyed reading \u003ci\u003eArts and Minds\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . The book is clearly a labour of love, and is packed with interesting bits of information. . . . Anybody interested in the process of invention, diffusion and changing tastes will greatly enjoy reading this.\"\u003cb\u003e---Diane Coyle, \u003ci\u003eEnlightened Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[\u003ci\u003eArts and Minds\u003c\/i\u003e] is simply a very good read. Anton avoids the trap of writing as if for a dissertation and laying on the jargon, and simply tells a rattling good story, full of eccentric characters and colourful detail.\"\u003cb\u003e---Mike Paterson, \u003ci\u003eLondon Historians' Blog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This enjoyable and interesting book tells the story of the Royal Society of Arts from its founding in 1754 to the present day. . . . Howes is to be thanked for a story so very well told.\"\u003cb\u003e---Peter Stansky, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] interesting, detailed history of the RSA, whose broad mission was and is hard to define. . . . Historians of different interests will find this book fascinating, and Benjamin Franklin, an early member, would be pleased by it.\" * Choice Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"Well-researched. . . . a generally entertaining and illuminating story.\"\u003cb\u003e---Susan Bennett, \u003ci\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] original and important contribution. It will inform any subsequent historiographical efforts to understand the precise ways in which liberal industrial capitalist values and practices came to achieve their hegemonic position within modern Britain’s wider social order.\"\u003cb\u003e---Theodore Koditschek, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Howes is to be thanked for a story so very well told.—Peter Stanksy, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Interdisciplinary History\u003c\/i\u003e\"","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403862810967,"sku":"9780691182643","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691182643.jpg?v=1730484745","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/arts-and-minds-9780691182643","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}