The Enlightenment & the book : Scottish authors & their publishers in eighteenth-century Britain, Ireland, & America /
The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their ti...
| Основен автор: | Sher, Richard B., 1948- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
℗♭2006.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260230 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Enlightenment & the book. |
| Резюме: |
The late eighteenth century witnessed an explosion of intellectual activity in Scotland by such luminaries as David Hume, Adam Smith, Hugh Blair, William Robertson, Adam Ferguson, James Boswell, and Robert Burns. And the books written by these seminal thinkers made a significant mark during their time in almost every field of polite literature and higher learning throughout Britain, Europe, and the Americas. In this magisterial history, Richard B. Sher breaks new ground for our understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. The Enlightenment and the. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxvi, 815 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 709-755) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226752549 0226752542 |