The Idea of Progress in Eighteenth-Century Britain
(Part of the Yale Historical Publications Series Series)
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The idea of progress stood at the very center of the intellectual world of eighteenth-century Britain, closely linked to every major facet of the British Enlightenment as well as to the economic revolutions of the period. David Spadafora here provides the most extensive discussion ever written of this prevailing sense of historical optimism, challenging long-held views on the extent of its popularity and its supposed importation from France. Spadafora...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0300046715
ISBN13:9780300046717
Release Date:September 1990
Publisher:Yale University Press
Length:480 Pages
Weight:2.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.6" x 6.5" x 9.6"
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