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

Description:: 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
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 09/20/2018
Date Modified:: 09/20/2018
Date Created:: 2008-12-05
Resource Type:: Dissertation