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The Enlightenment & the book : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America /

The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their ti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sher, Richard B., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Composing the Scottish Enlightenment
  • Identity and diversity among Scottish authors
  • The rewards of authorship
  • Forging the London-Edinburgh publishing axis
  • The heyday of Scottish Enlightenment publishing
  • The achievement of William Creech
  • The rise and fall of Irish reprinting
  • Making Scottish books in America, 1770-1784
  • A more extensive diffusion of useful knowledge : Philadelphia, 1784-1800.