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Title
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Enterprise, Industry and Art of Man
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Caption
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Written as an ode to the power of global trade, Enterprise, Industry and Art of Man is representative of the sense of awe Europeans felt about their ability to “tame” wilderness and harness it to better society during the Industrial Revolution. In the volume’s preface, Goodrich marvels at the origins of the material comforts in his personal study, including a piano whose materials hailed from forests of Brazil, Maine, and elephants in Africa. Meditations on his Argand lamp are of particular interest for “its oil [that] once dwelt in the head of a whale seventy feet in length, and which sloughed the Pacific for half a century.” As this quote (and illustration above suggest), the efficiency and global reach of extractive enterprises such as whaling were examples of progress and sources of pride in the minds of Western cultures.
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Creator
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Samuel G. Goodrich
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Date Created
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1853
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Publisher
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G.C. Rand
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Place of Publication
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Boston, Massachusetts
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Rights
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No Known Copyright
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Bibliographic Citation
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Samuel G. Goodrich. Enterprise, Industry and Art of Man: as Displayed in Fishing, Hunting, Commerce, Navigation, Mining, Agriculture and Manufacturers. Boston: G.C. Rand, 1853. 1926 Coll G6433
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Filename
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exh-vanishing_Goodrich_001.jpeg
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exh-vanishing_Goodrich_002.jpeg
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exh-vanishing_Goodrich_003.jpeg
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Case Number
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Understanding Extinction - Species & Human Impacts
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Item Number
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8
