Arts and Minds : : How the Royal Society of Arts Changed a Nation / / Anton Howes.
A major new history of the extraordinary society that has touched all aspects of British lifeFrom its beginnings in a coffee house in the mid-eighteenth century, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce has tried to improve British life in every way imaginable. It h...
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