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Enlightened Pursuits: Science and Civic Culture in Anglo-America, 1730-1760

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This study explores how the world of popular science helped forge a new civic culture during the tumultuous decades of the mid-eighteenth century. I trace the activities of a wide cast of characters in both England and America, revealing the contours of a tightly knit community of scientists, merchants, doctors,...

Keyword:

popular science, social networks, improvement, and British imperialism

Subject:

History

Creator:

Michael Benjamin Guenther

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Scholarly Digital Publishing

Date Uploaded:

09/20/2018

Date Modified:

09/20/2018

Date Created:

2008-12-05

Resource Type:

Dissertation