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The Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden : Empire, Science, and Intellectual Culture in British New York /
Was there a conservative Enlightenment? Could a self-proclaimed man of learning and progressive science also have been an agent of monarchy and reaction? Cadwallader Colden (1688-1776), an educated Scottish emigrant and powerful colonial politician, was at the forefront of American intellectual cult...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on Dates
- Introduction
- Part I. Beginnings
- 1. Enlightened Age
- 2. Pursuit of Gentility
- 3. Intellectuals
- Part II. Active Matters
- 4. Knowledge of Empires
- 5. Otium
- 6. Philosophical Actions
- Part III. Politics
- 7. Against Partisanship
- 8. Colden's Ordeal
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliographic Note
- Index