American enlightenments : pursuing happiness in the Age of Reason / Caroline Winterer.

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Winterer, Caroline, 1966- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and historyPublisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780300224566
0300224567

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: American enlightenments.DDC classification:

973.25 23

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E162 .W56 2016eb

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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.

Summary: 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-336) and index.

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.

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