The enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden : empire, science, and intellectual culture in British New York

The enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden : empire, science, and intellectual culture in British New York

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.

xi, 243 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

923.273 C689di 2016

(OCoLC)921821812

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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-236) and index.
Contents: Enlightened age -- Pursuit of gentility -- Intellectuals -- Knowledge of empires -- Otium -- Philosophical actions -- Against partisanship -- Colden's ordeal.
L2017M152

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