The Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden empire, science, and intellectual culture in British New York

The Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden : empire, science, and intellectual culture in British New York / John M. Dixon.

Author/creator	Dixon, John M., 1970-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Description	xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776--Political activity. Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776--Philosophy. New York (State)--Politics and government --To 1775. New York (State)--Intellectual life --18th century.

Contents	Enlightened age -- Pursuit of gentility -- Intellectuals -- Knowledge of empires -- Otium -- Philosophical actions -- Against partisanship -- Colden's ordeal.
Abstract	"Recreates the enlightened culture of an eighteenth-century statesman, botanist, historian, cartographer, and natural philosopher who claimed to have discovered the cause of gravity and who also became one of the most hated political figures in pre-Revolutionary New York"-- Author's Web site.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2015036031
ISBN	9780801448034 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	(ebook)

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