Ordering the World in the Eighteenth Century /
The Eighteenth century is often represented, applying Tom Paine's phrase, as 'The Age of Reason': an age when progressive ideals triumphed over autocracy and obscurantism, and when notions of order and balance shaped consciousness in every sphere of human knowledge. Yet the debates wh...
Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
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Other Authors: | Donald, Diana (Editor), O'Gorman, Frank (Editor) |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
2006.
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Series: | Studies in Modern History.
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Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |