American enlightenments: pursuing happiness in the age of reason
Object category:
Druckschrift
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Publisher:
Yale University Press
Place of publication:
New Haven
Date:
2016
Extent, illustration, format:
x, 355 S.; Ill.
Language:
Englisch
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Abstract:
A provocative reassessment of the concept of an American golden age of European-born reason and intellectual curiosity in the years following the Revolutionary War
Object text:
Caroline Winterer
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 291-336
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 291-336
Contents:
Introduction: American enlightenments -- The American setting -- Seashells in the Appalachians -- The civilization of the Aztecs -- The science of statistics and the invention of the "Indian population" -- Slavery in an enlightened age -- Religion in the Age of Reason -- The futuristic farmers of America -- Republics versus monarchies -- Epilogue: The tusks of the mastodon.
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Universität Erfurt
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
Forschungsbibliothek Gotha
Schloss Friedenstein
Schlossplatz 1
99867 Gotha
+49 361 737-5540
bibliothek.gotha(at)uni-erfurt.de
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2023-04-13
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