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John Millar and the Scottish Enlightenment : family life and world history / Nicholas B. Miller.
LIBRA PQ2105.A2 S8 2017:03
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Nicholas, author.
- Series:
- Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ; 2017:03.
- Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Millar, John, 1735-1801.
- Millar, John.
- Families--Scotland--History--17th century.
- Families.
- Families--Scotland--History--18th century.
- Families--Philosophy.
- Enlightenment.
- History.
- Scotland.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, UK : Voltaire Foundation, [2017]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Polygamy : an adversary of Enlightenment
- Before patriarchy : maternal power in primitive societies
- The Amazons and the fringes of enlightened thought
- Race, conquest and the family : Enlightenment assessments of the domestic order of colonial Spanish America
- Family and state after the rise of the individual : John Millar's reforms for commercial society
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780729411929
- 0729411923
- OCLC:
- 975940516
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