The enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden : empire, science, and intellectual culture in British New York / John M. Dixon.
- Dixon, John M., 1970-
- Date:
- 2016
- Books
About this work
Description
"Recreates the enlightened culture of an eighteenth-century statesman, botanist, historian, cartographer, and natural philosopher who claimed to have discovered the cause of gravity and who also became one of the most hated political figures in pre-Revolutionary New York"-- Author's Web site.
Publication/Creation
Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Physical description
243 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Contents
Enlightened age -- Pursuit of gentility -- Intellectuals -- Knowledge of empires -- Otium -- Philosophical actions -- Partisanship -- Colden's ordeal.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineBZP (Colden)Open shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780801448034
- 0801448034