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

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resource (x, 355 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300224566
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E162 .A447 2016
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Contents:
-- 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 -- The tusks of the mastodon.
Subject: 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 bibliographies and index.

-- 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 -- The tusks of the mastodon.

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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