The idea of progress in eighteenth-century Britain /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Spadafora, David, 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1990.
Series:Yale historical publications (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
1700-1799
Progress.
Social Conditions > history
Progrès.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Intellectual life.
Social conditions
Vooruitgang.
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Great Britain > Social conditions > 18th century.
Great Britain > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Great Britain.
Culture > History
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The modified inheritance. Ancients and moderns, arts and sciences ; The Christian vision of history
  • Part II. New expressions. Medicine of the mind ; Language and progress
  • Part III. Culmination forms. The progress of human culture : England ; The progress of human culture : Scotland ; The sources of belief
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix.

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