The American Enlightenment (Library of the History of Ideas, 11) (Volume 11)

Frank Shuffelton, editor

ISBN 10: 1878822241 / ISBN 13: 9781878822246

Published by University of Rochester Press, 1993

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Hardback book (400 pages) in dust jacket that shows light rubbing. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-5-Middle) rareviewbooks.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The American Enlightenment (Library of the History of Ideas, 11) (Volume 11)
• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878822241
• ISBN 13: 9781878822246
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Twenty-five essays, culled from the Journal of the History of Ideas, cover the unique participation of America in the international Enlightenment. The book is divided into two sections: Discourses of Religion, Science and the Nature of Man (including articles on Jonathan Edwards' early philosophical notes, Joel Barlow, Cotton Mather and Benjamin Rush) and Colonization, (Thomas Jefferson on Liberty, Dutch and American Federalism, and the `IdeologicaAmericana'.) The essays demonstrate the plurality of voices that enlightened Americans heard, and the distinctiveness of their responses. Contributors: RICK KENNEDY, WALLACE E. ANDERSON, STEPHEN R. YARBROUGH, JEFFREY JESKE, NORMAN S. FIERING, DAVID BIDNEY, JOHN C. GREENE, DONALD J. D'ELIA, S. GERALD SANDLER, RALPH L. KETCHAM, CONSTANCE B. SCHULZ, JOSEPH L. BLAU, KICHAEL J. KAMMEN, LESTERH. COHEN, GILBERT CHINARD, WILLIAM H. RIKER, ROY BRANSON, J.W. COOKE, DAVID M. POST, MARCELLO MAESTRO, GARY KATES, EDWIN A. MILES, V.P. BYNACK, RICHARD HOFSTADTER and J.G.A. POCOCK.

About the Author

Raymond Furness is professor and former chair of German at St.Andrews University, Scotland. He has published widely on late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century German literature.