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[1st ed. in the U.S.] |
| Description |
433 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
The Mainstream of the modern world series
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Mainstream of the modern world series.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 419-425. |
| Contents |
Courtly standards / Saint Simon, 1675-1755 -- Rationalism / Pierre Bayle, 1647-1706 -- Setting sun / Louis XIV, 1700-1715 -- The emergence of muscovy / Peter the Great, 1672-1725 -- Scepticism / Voltaire, 1694-1778 -- Philosopher king / Frederick the Great, 1712-1786 -- Semiramis / Catherine the Great, 1729-1796 -- Complacency / Joseph Addison, 1672-1719 -- Savage pessimism / Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745 -- Thirteen colonies: 1492-1783 -- The simple man / Franklin, 1706-1790 -- The salons: 1660-1789 -- Dilettante / Horage Walpole, 1717-1797 -- Free thought / The encyclopidie, 1751-1772 -- Disintegration / Louis XV, 1715-1774 -- Gullibility / Cagliostro, 1743-1795 -- Solid sense / Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784 -- Sturm und drang: 1770-1778 -- Rights of man / Tom Paine, 1737-1809 -- Religious revival / John Wesley, 1703-1791 -- Sensibility / J. J. Rousseau, 1712-1778 . |
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Eighteenth century.
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Eighteenth century. |
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Enlightenment.
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Enlightenment. |
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