The enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden: empire, science, and the making of intellectual culture in British New York

"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"...

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Beteilige Person: Dixon, John M. 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Ithaca ; London Cornell University Press [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:"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"...
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:xi, 243 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780801448034