Manning (anthropology, Trent U.) describes how the emergent Georgian intelligentsia tried to mediate two crucial binaries: state and people, and Europe and Asia. He says they constructed a public based on the European model as an alternative to the aristocratic society they had inherited, and saw themselves as mediating between the people and the state. His topics include the aesthetics of infrastructure, aristocratic and intelligentsia publics, fact and fairy tale, and fellow travelers. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)