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American enlightenments : pursuing happiness in the Age of Reason / Caroline Winterer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winterer, Caroline, 1966- author.
- Series:
- Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Enlightenment--United States.
- Enlightenment.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- x, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- 1 The American Setting 18
- 2 Seashells in the Appalachians 41
- 3 The Civilization of the Aztecs 73
- 4 The Science of Statistics and the Invention of the "Indian Population" 110
- 5 Slavery in an Enlightened Age 142
- 6 Religion in the Age of Reason 171
- 7 The Futuristic Farmers of America 196
- 8 Republics Versus Monarchies 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-336) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300192575
- 0300192576
- OCLC:
- 945946500
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